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--chain-reply-to, --no-chain-reply-to:: 38 If this is set, each email will be sent as a reply to the previous 39 email sent. If disabled with "--no-chain-reply-to", all emails after 40 the first will be sent as replies to the first email sent. When using 41 this, it is recommended that the first file given be an overview of the 42 entire patch series. 43 Default is the value of the 'sendemail.chainreplyto' configuration 44 value; if that is unspecified, default to --chain-reply-to. 45 46--compose:: 47 Use $EDITOR to edit an introductory message for the 48 patch series. 49 50--from:: 51 Specify the sender of the emails. This will default to 52 the value GIT_COMMITTER_IDENT, as returned by "git-var -l". 53 The user will still be prompted to confirm this entry. 54 55--in-reply-to:: 56 Specify the contents of the first In-Reply-To header. 57 Subsequent emails will refer to the previous email 58 instead of this if --chain-reply-to is set (the default) 59 Only necessary if --compose is also set. If --compose 60 is not set, this will be prompted for. 61 62--no-signed-off-by-cc:: 63 Do not add emails found in Signed-off-by: or Cc: lines to the 64 cc list. 65 66--quiet:: 67 Make git-send-email less verbose. One line per email should be 68 all that is output. 69 70--smtp-server:: 71 If set, specifies the outgoing SMTP server to use. A full 72 pathname of a sendmail-like program can be specified instead; 73 the program must support the `-i` option. Default value can 74 be specified by the 'sendemail.smtpserver' configuration 75 option; the built-in default is `/usr/sbin/sendmail` or 76 `/usr/lib/sendmail` if such program is available, or 77 `localhost` otherwise. 78 79--subject:: 80 Specify the initial subject of the email thread. 81 Only necessary if --compose is also set. If --compose 82 is not set, this will be prompted for. 83 84--suppress-from:: 85 Do not add the From: address to the cc: list, if it shows up in a From: 86 line. 87 88--dry-run:: 89 Do everything except actually send the emails. 90 91--envelope-sender:: 92 Specify the envelope sender used to send the emails. 93 This is useful if your default address is not the address that is 94 subscribed to a list. If you use the sendmail binary, you must have 95 suitable privileges for the -f parameter. 96 97--to:: 98 Specify the primary recipient of the emails generated. 99 Generally, this will be the upstream maintainer of the 100 project involved. 101+ 102The --to option must be repeated for each user you want on the to list. 103 104 105CONFIGURATION 106------------- 107sendemail.aliasesfile:: 108 To avoid typing long email addresses, point this to one or more 109 email aliases files. You must also supply 'sendemail.aliasfiletype'. 110 111sendemail.aliasfiletype:: 112 Format of the file(s) specified in sendemail.aliasesfile. Must be 113 one of 'mutt', 'mailrc', 'pine', or 'gnus'. 114 115sendemail.bcc:: 116 Email address (or alias) to always bcc. 117 118sendemail.chainreplyto:: 119 Boolean value specifying the default to the '--chain_reply_to' 120 parameter. 121 122sendemail.smtpserver:: 123 Default smtp server to use. 124 125Author 126------ 127Written by Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com> 128 129git-send-email is originally based upon 130send_lots_of_email.pl by Greg Kroah-Hartman. 131 132Documentation 133-------------- 134Documentation by Ryan Anderson 135 136GIT 137--- 138Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite 139