Merge branch 'jk/combine-diff-binary-etc'

diff --git a/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt b/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt
index d3013d6a29f2696e05e3c77b0d6f0159d0a98a76..4e09708cc96fbf88b468141c0234095ee35fee3c 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt
@@ -111,6 +111,31 @@ Using direct mode with SSL:
 ..........................
 
 
+EXAMPLE
+-------
+To submit patches using GMail's IMAP interface, first, edit your ~/.gitconfig
+to specify your account settings:
+
+---------
+[imap]
+       folder = "[Gmail]/Drafts"
+       host = imaps://imap.gmail.com
+       user = user@gmail.com
+       port = 993
+       sslverify = false
+---------
+
+You might need to instead use: folder = "[Google Mail]/Drafts" if you get an error
+that the "Folder doesn't exist".
+
+Once the commits are ready to be sent, run the following command:
+
+  $ git format-patch --cover-letter -M --stdout origin/master | git imap-send
+
+Just make sure to disable line wrapping in the email client (GMail's web
+interface will wrap lines no matter what, so you need to use a real
+IMAP client).
+
 CAUTION
 -------
 It is still your responsibility to make sure that the email message
@@ -124,6 +149,10 @@ Thunderbird in particular is known to be problematic.  Thunderbird
 users may wish to visit this web page for more information:
   http://kb.mozillazine.org/Plain_text_e-mail_-_Thunderbird#Completely_plain_email
 
+SEE ALSO
+--------
+linkgit:git-format-patch[1], linkgit:git-send-email[1], mbox(5)
+
 GIT
 ---
 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite