GIT\-MAILSPLIT

Section: Git Manual (1)
Updated: 10/30/2009
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NAME

git-mailsplit - Simple UNIX mbox splitter program

git mailsplit [-b] [-f<nn>] [-d<prec>] -o<directory> [--] [<mbox>|<Maildir>...]

Splits a mbox file or a Maildir into a list of files: "0001" "0002" .. in the specified directory so you can process them further from there.

Important

Maildir splitting relies upon filenames being sorted to output patches in the correct order.

<mbox>

: Mbox file to split. If not given, the mbox is read from the standard input.

: Root of the Maildir to split. This directory should contain the cur, tmp and new subdirectories.

-o<directory>

-b

: If any file doesncqt begin with a From line, assume it is a single mail message instead of signaling error.

-d<prec>

: Instead of the default 4 digits with leading zeros, different precision can be specified for the generated filenames.

-f<nn>

: Skip the first <nn> numbers, for example if -f3 is specified, start the numbering with 0004.

Written by Linus Torvalds <m[blue]torvalds@osdl.orgm[][1]> and Junio C Hamano <m[blue]gitster@pobox.comm[][2]>

Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <m[blue]git@vger.kernel.orgm[][3]>.

Part of the git(1) suite

1.

torvalds@osdl.org

2.

gitster@pobox.com

3.

git@vger.kernel.org