git maildiff
maildiff is a simple git command to send diff in color to reviewer/ co-worker through email.
Navigate to git-maildiff directory you cloned or downloaded from terminal
pip install setup.py
pip uninstall maildiff
git config --global maildiff.mailto recipient@email.com
git config --global maildiff.smtpserver smtp.gmail.com
git config --global maildiff.smtpserverport 587
git config --global maildiff.mailFrom sender@email.com
git config --global maildiff.smtpencryption tls
e.g. Gmail uses tls encryption
if you forget to run the above setup the git maildiff command will prompts each one by one and update in .gitconfig the email password is stored in OS keychain.
git maildiff - Email the diff of commited or uncommited changes in colored to multiple recipients and allows attaching patches.
git maildiff -d 'HEAD^1' - will email the diff.
when no -diff or -d flag is passed with value the default value is git diff HEAD^ HEAD
git maildiff -to email@domain.com - will email diff to this email address.
git maildiff -v - use the -v flag to enable verbosity and display what command is run and what is the result of executed command.
type git maildiff -h in shell for more help.
If you are behind a proxy server, and you are having issues accessing git repository you can update gitconfig to add proxy settings like
git config --global http.proxy http://mydomain\\myusername:mypassword@myproxyserver:8080
Type git maildiff -h for help in command line/ terminal
This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for more details.
For any questions or issues, please open an issue on this GitHub repository or contact Sanjeev Kumar
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