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--[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--[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:: 100 Username for SMTP-AUTH. In place of this option, the following 101 configuration variables can be specified: 102+ 103-- 104 * sendemail.smtpuser 105 * sendemail.<identity>.smtpuser (see sendemail.identity). 106-- 107+ 108However, --smtp-user always overrides these variables. 109+ 110If a username is not specified (with --smtp-user or a 111configuration variable), then authentication is not attempted. 112 113--smtp-pass:: 114 Password for SMTP-AUTH. The argument is optional: If no 115 argument is specified, then the empty string is used as 116 the password. 117+ 118In place of this option, the following configuration variables 119can be specified: 120+ 121-- 122 * sendemail.smtppass 123 * sendemail.<identity>.smtppass (see sendemail.identity). 124-- 125+ 126However, --smtp-pass always overrides these variables. 127+ 128Furthermore, passwords need not be specified in configuration files 129or on the command line. If a username has been specified (with 130--smtp-user or a configuration variable), but no password has been 131specified (with --smtp-pass or a configuration variable), then the 132user is prompted for a password while the input is masked for privacy. 133 134--smtp-encryption:: 135 Specify the encryption to use, either 'ssl' or 'tls'. Any other 136 value reverts to plain SMTP. Default is the value of 137 'sendemail.smtpencryption'. 138 139--smtp-ssl:: 140 Legacy alias for '--smtp-encryption=ssl'. 141 142--subject:: 143 Specify the initial subject of the email thread. 144 Only necessary if --compose is also set. If --compose 145 is not set, this will be prompted for. 146 147--[no-]suppress-from:: 148 If this is set, do not add the From: address to the cc: list. 149 Default is the value of 'sendemail.suppressfrom' configuration value; 150 if that is unspecified, default to --no-suppress-from. 151 152--suppress-cc:: 153 Specify an additional category of recipients to suppress the 154 auto-cc of. 'self' will avoid including the sender, 'author' will 155 avoid including the patch author, 'cc' will avoid including anyone 156 mentioned in Cc lines in the patch, 'sob' will avoid including 157 anyone mentioned in Signed-off-by lines, and 'cccmd' will avoid 158 running the --cc-cmd. 'all' will suppress all auto cc values. 159 Default is the value of 'sendemail.suppresscc' configuration value; 160 if that is unspecified, default to 'self' if --suppress-from is 161 specified, as well as 'sob' if --no-signed-off-cc is specified. 162 163--[no-]thread:: 164 If this is set, the In-Reply-To header will be set on each email sent. 165 If disabled with "--no-thread", no emails will have the In-Reply-To 166 header set. 167 Default is the value of the 'sendemail.thread' configuration value; 168 if that is unspecified, default to --thread. 169 170--dry-run:: 171 Do everything except actually send the emails. 172 173--envelope-sender:: 174 Specify the envelope sender used to send the emails. 175 This is useful if your default address is not the address that is 176 subscribed to a list. If you use the sendmail binary, you must have 177 suitable privileges for the -f parameter. 178 Default is the value of the 'sendemail.envelopesender' configuration 179 variable; if that is unspecified, choosing the envelope sender is left 180 to your MTA. 181 182--no-validate:: 183 Don't perform any sanity checks on patches. 184 Currently, validation means the following: 185+ 186-- 187 * Warn of patches that contain lines longer than 998 characters; this 188 is due to SMTP limits as described by http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2821.txt. 189-- 190 191--to:: 192 Specify the primary recipient of the emails generated. 193 Generally, this will be the upstream maintainer of the 194 project involved. 195 Default is the value of the 'sendemail.to' configuration value; 196 if that is unspecified, this will be prompted for. 197+ 198The --to option must be repeated for each user you want on the to list. 199 200 201CONFIGURATION 202------------- 203sendemail.identity:: 204 The default configuration identity. When specified, 205 'sendemail.<identity>.<item>' will have higher precedence than 206 'sendemail.<item>'. This is useful to declare multiple SMTP 207 identities and to hoist sensitive authentication information 208 out of the repository and into the global configuration file. 209 210sendemail.aliasesfile:: 211 To avoid typing long email addresses, point this to one or more 212 email aliases files. You must also supply 'sendemail.aliasfiletype'. 213 214sendemail.aliasfiletype:: 215 Format of the file(s) specified in sendemail.aliasesfile. Must be 216 one of 'mutt', 'mailrc', 'pine', or 'gnus'. 217 218sendemail.to:: 219 Email address (or alias) to always send to. 220 221sendemail.cccmd:: 222 Command to execute to generate per patch file specific "Cc:"s. 223 224sendemail.bcc:: 225 Email address (or alias) to always bcc. 226 227sendemail.chainreplyto:: 228 Boolean value specifying the default to the '--chain_reply_to' 229 parameter. 230 231sendemail.smtpserver:: 232 Default SMTP server to use. 233 234sendemail.smtpserverport:: 235 Default SMTP server port to use. 236 237sendemail.smtpuser:: 238 Default SMTP-AUTH username. 239 240sendemail.smtppass:: 241 Default SMTP-AUTH password. 242 243sendemail.smtpencryption:: 244 Default encryption method. Use 'ssl' for SSL (and specify an 245 appropriate port), or 'tls' for TLS. Takes precedence over 246 'smtpssl' if both are specified. 247 248sendemail.smtpssl:: 249 Legacy boolean that sets 'smtpencryption=ssl' if enabled. 250 251Author 252------ 253Written by Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com> 254 255git-send-email is originally based upon 256send_lots_of_email.pl by Greg Kroah-Hartman. 257 258Documentation 259-------------- 260Documentation by Ryan Anderson 261 262GIT 263--- 264Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite