1git-send-email(1) 2================= 3 4NAME 5---- 6git-send-email - Send a collection of patches as emails 7 8 9SYNOPSIS 10-------- 11'git-send-email' [options] <file|directory> [... file|directory] 12 13 14 15DESCRIPTION 16----------- 17Takes the patches given on the command line and emails them out. 18 19The header of the email is configurable by command line options. If not 20specified on the command line, the user will be prompted with a ReadLine 21enabled interface to provide the necessary information. 22 23OPTIONS 24------- 25The options available are: 26 27--bcc:: 28 Specify a "Bcc:" value for each email. 29+ 30The --bcc option must be repeated for each user you want on the bcc list. 31 32--cc:: 33 Specify a starting "Cc:" value for each email. 34+ 35The --cc option must be repeated for each user you want on the cc list. 36 37--cc-cmd:: 38 Specify a command to execute once per patch file which 39 should generate patch file specific "Cc:" entries. 40 Output of this command must be single email address per line. 41 Default is the value of 'sendemail.cccmd' configuration value. 42 43--chain-reply-to, --no-chain-reply-to:: 44 If this is set, each email will be sent as a reply to the previous 45 email sent. If disabled with "--no-chain-reply-to", all emails after 46 the first will be sent as replies to the first email sent. When using 47 this, it is recommended that the first file given be an overview of the 48 entire patch series. 49 Default is the value of the 'sendemail.chainreplyto' configuration 50 value; if that is unspecified, default to --chain-reply-to. 51 52--compose:: 53 Use $GIT_EDITOR, core.editor, $VISUAL, or $EDITOR to edit an 54 introductory message for the patch series. 55 56--from:: 57 Specify the sender of the emails. This will default to 58 the value GIT_COMMITTER_IDENT, as returned by "git-var -l". 59 The user will still be prompted to confirm this entry. 60 61--in-reply-to:: 62 Specify the contents of the first In-Reply-To header. 63 Subsequent emails will refer to the previous email 64 instead of this if --chain-reply-to is set (the default) 65 Only necessary if --compose is also set. If --compose 66 is not set, this will be prompted for. 67 68--signed-off-by-cc, --no-signed-off-by-cc:: 69 If this is set, add emails found in Signed-off-by: or Cc: lines to the 70 cc list. 71 Default is the value of 'sendemail.signedoffcc' configuration value; 72 if that is unspecified, default to --signed-off-by-cc. 73 74--quiet:: 75 Make git-send-email less verbose. One line per email should be 76 all that is output. 77 78--identity:: 79 A configuration identity. When given, causes values in the 80 'sendemail.<identity>' subsection to take precedence over 81 values in the 'sendemail' section. The default identity is 82 the value of 'sendemail.identity'. 83 84--smtp-server:: 85 If set, specifies the outgoing SMTP server to use (e.g. 86 `smtp.example.com` or a raw IP address). Alternatively it can 87 specify a full pathname of a sendmail-like program instead; 88 the program must support the `-i` option. Default value can 89 be specified by the 'sendemail.smtpserver' configuration 90 option; the built-in default is `/usr/sbin/sendmail` or 91 `/usr/lib/sendmail` if such program is available, or 92 `localhost` otherwise. 93 94--smtp-server-port:: 95 Specifies a port different from the default port (SMTP 96 servers typically listen to smtp port 25 and ssmtp port 97 465). 98 99--smtp-user, --smtp-pass:: 100 Username and password for SMTP-AUTH. Defaults are the values of 101 the configuration values 'sendemail.smtpuser' and 102 'sendemail.smtppass', but see also 'sendemail.identity'. 103 If not set, authentication is not attempted. 104 105--smtp-ssl:: 106 If set, connects to the SMTP server using SSL. 107 Default is the value of the 'sendemail.smtpssl' configuration value; 108 if that is unspecified, does not use SSL. 109 110--subject:: 111 Specify the initial subject of the email thread. 112 Only necessary if --compose is also set. If --compose 113 is not set, this will be prompted for. 114 115--suppress-from, --no-suppress-from:: 116 If this is set, do not add the From: address to the cc: list, if it 117 shows up in a From: line. 118 Default is the value of 'sendemail.suppressfrom' configuration value; 119 if that is unspecified, default to --no-suppress-from. 120 121--thread, --no-thread:: 122 If this is set, the In-Reply-To header will be set on each email sent. 123 If disabled with "--no-thread", no emails will have the In-Reply-To 124 header set. 125 Default is the value of the 'sendemail.thread' configuration value; 126 if that is unspecified, default to --thread. 127 128--dry-run:: 129 Do everything except actually send the emails. 130 131--envelope-sender:: 132 Specify the envelope sender used to send the emails. 133 This is useful if your default address is not the address that is 134 subscribed to a list. If you use the sendmail binary, you must have 135 suitable privileges for the -f parameter. 136 137--to:: 138 Specify the primary recipient of the emails generated. 139 Generally, this will be the upstream maintainer of the 140 project involved. 141+ 142The --to option must be repeated for each user you want on the to list. 143 144 145CONFIGURATION 146------------- 147sendemail.identity:: 148 The default configuration identity. When specified, 149 'sendemail.<identity>.<item>' will have higher precedence than 150 'sendemail.<item>'. This is useful to declare multiple SMTP 151 identities and to hoist sensitive authentication information 152 out of the repository and into the global configuation file. 153 154sendemail.aliasesfile:: 155 To avoid typing long email addresses, point this to one or more 156 email aliases files. You must also supply 'sendemail.aliasfiletype'. 157 158sendemail.aliasfiletype:: 159 Format of the file(s) specified in sendemail.aliasesfile. Must be 160 one of 'mutt', 'mailrc', 'pine', or 'gnus'. 161 162sendemail.to:: 163 Email address (or alias) to always send to. 164 165sendemail.cccmd:: 166 Command to execute to generate per patch file specific "Cc:"s. 167 168sendemail.bcc:: 169 Email address (or alias) to always bcc. 170 171sendemail.chainreplyto:: 172 Boolean value specifying the default to the '--chain_reply_to' 173 parameter. 174 175sendemail.smtpserver:: 176 Default SMTP server to use. 177 178sendemail.smtpuser:: 179 Default SMTP-AUTH username. 180 181sendemail.smtppass:: 182 Default SMTP-AUTH password. 183 184sendemail.smtpssl:: 185 Boolean value specifying the default to the '--smtp-ssl' parameter. 186 187Author 188------ 189Written by Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com> 190 191git-send-email is originally based upon 192send_lots_of_email.pl by Greg Kroah-Hartman. 193 194Documentation 195-------------- 196Documentation by Ryan Anderson 197 198GIT 199--- 200Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite