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diff --git a/Documentation/lei-mail-formats.pod b/Documentation/lei-mail-formats.pod index da723d2b..3c37c880 100644 --- a/Documentation/lei-mail-formats.pod +++ b/Documentation/lei-mail-formats.pod @@ -51,7 +51,9 @@ with any number of C<E<gt>> characters and is thus fully reversible. This format is emitted by L<PublicInbox::WWW(3pm)> with gzip. -It is supported by L<git-am(1)> since git 2.10. +Since git 2.10, C<git am --patch-format=mboxrd> reads this +format. C<git log> and C<git format-patch --stdout> can also +generate this format with the C<--pretty=mboxrd> switch. As with uncompressed L</mboxo>, uncompressed mboxrd are vulnerable to undetectable truncation. @@ -96,6 +98,22 @@ Depending on the IMAP server software and configuration, IMAP servers may use any (or combination) of the aforementioned formats or a non-standard database backend. +=head1 eml + +A single raw message file. C<eml> is not an output format for lei, +but accepted by as an C<--input-format> (C<-F>) for read-only +commands such as L<lei-tag(1)> and L<lei-import(1)>. + +Since C<eml> is the suffix for the C<message/rfc822> MIME type +(according to the C<mime.types> file), lei will infer the type +based on the C<.eml> suffix if C<--input-format> is unspecified + +C<.patch>-suffixed files generated by L<git-format-patch(1)> +(without C<--stdout>) are C<eml> files with the addition of an +mbox C<From > header. L<lei(1)> removes C<From > lines to treat +them as C<eml> when reading these for compatibility with +C<git-am(1)> and similar tools. + =head1 COPYRIGHT Copyright 2021 all contributors L<mailto:meta@public-inbox.org> |