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:: 44--no-chain-reply-to:: 45 If this is set, each email will be sent as a reply to the previous 46 email sent. If disabled with "--no-chain-reply-to", all emails after 47 the first will be sent as replies to the first email sent. When using 48 this, it is recommended that the first file given be an overview of the 49 entire patch series. 50 Default is the value of the 'sendemail.chainreplyto' configuration 51 value; if that is unspecified, default to --chain-reply-to. 52 53--compose:: 54 Use $GIT_EDITOR, core.editor, $VISUAL, or $EDITOR to edit an 55 introductory message for the patch series. 56 57--from:: 58 Specify the sender of the emails. This will default to 59 the value GIT_COMMITTER_IDENT, as returned by "git var -l". 60 The user will still be prompted to confirm this entry. 61 62--in-reply-to:: 63 Specify the contents of the first In-Reply-To header. 64 Subsequent emails will refer to the previous email 65 instead of this if --chain-reply-to is set (the default) 66 Only necessary if --compose is also set. If --compose 67 is not set, this will be prompted for. 68 69--signed-off-by-cc:: 70--no-signed-off-by-cc:: 71 If this is set, add emails found in Signed-off-by: or Cc: lines to the 72 cc list. 73 Default is the value of 'sendemail.signedoffcc' configuration value; 74 if that is unspecified, default to --signed-off-by-cc. 75 76--quiet:: 77 Make git-send-email less verbose. One line per email should be 78 all that is output. 79 80--identity:: 81 A configuration identity. When given, causes values in the 82 'sendemail.<identity>' subsection to take precedence over 83 values in the 'sendemail' section. The default identity is 84 the value of 'sendemail.identity'. 85 86--smtp-server:: 87 If set, specifies the outgoing SMTP server to use (e.g. 88 `smtp.example.com` or a raw IP address). Alternatively it can 89 specify a full pathname of a sendmail-like program instead; 90 the program must support the `-i` option. Default value can 91 be specified by the 'sendemail.smtpserver' configuration 92 option; the built-in default is `/usr/sbin/sendmail` or 93 `/usr/lib/sendmail` if such program is available, or 94 `localhost` otherwise. 95 96--smtp-server-port:: 97 Specifies a port different from the default port (SMTP 98 servers typically listen to smtp port 25 and ssmtp port 99 465). 100 101--smtp-user:: 102 Username for SMTP-AUTH. In place of this option, the following 103 configuration variables can be specified: 104+ 105-- 106 * sendemail.smtpuser 107 * sendemail.<identity>.smtpuser (see sendemail.identity). 108-- 109+ 110However, --smtp-user always overrides these variables. 111+ 112If a username is not specified (with --smtp-user or a 113configuration variable), then authentication is not attempted. 114 115--smtp-pass:: 116 Password for SMTP-AUTH. The argument is optional: If no 117 argument is specified, then the empty string is used as 118 the password. 119+ 120In place of this option, the following configuration variables 121can be specified: 122+ 123-- 124 * sendemail.smtppass 125 * sendemail.<identity>.smtppass (see sendemail.identity). 126-- 127+ 128However, --smtp-pass always overrides these variables. 129+ 130Furthermore, passwords need not be specified in configuration files 131or on the command line. If a username has been specified (with 132--smtp-user or a configuration variable), but no password has been 133specified (with --smtp-pass or a configuration variable), then the 134user is prompted for a password while the input is masked for privacy. 135 136--smtp-encryption:: 137 Specify the encryption to use, either 'ssl' or 'tls'. Any other 138 value reverts to plain SMTP. Default is the value of 139 'sendemail.smtpencryption'. 140 141--smtp-ssl:: 142 Legacy alias for '--smtp-encryption=ssl'. 143 144--subject:: 145 Specify the initial subject of the email thread. 146 Only necessary if --compose is also set. If --compose 147 is not set, this will be prompted for. 148 149--suppress-from:: 150--no-suppress-from:: 151 If this is set, do not add the From: address to the cc: list. 152 Default is the value of 'sendemail.suppressfrom' configuration value; 153 if that is unspecified, default to --no-suppress-from. 154 155--suppress-cc:: 156 Specify an additional category of recipients to suppress the 157 auto-cc of. 'self' will avoid including the sender, 'author' will 158 avoid including the patch author, 'cc' will avoid including anyone 159 mentioned in Cc lines in the patch, 'sob' will avoid including 160 anyone mentioned in Signed-off-by lines, and 'cccmd' will avoid 161 running the --cc-cmd. 'all' will suppress all auto cc values. 162 Default is the value of 'sendemail.suppresscc' configuration value; 163 if that is unspecified, default to 'self' if --suppress-from is 164 specified, as well as 'sob' if --no-signed-off-cc is specified. 165 166--thread:: 167--no-thread:: 168 If this is set, the In-Reply-To header will be set on each email sent. 169 If disabled with "--no-thread", no emails will have the In-Reply-To 170 header set. 171 Default is the value of the 'sendemail.thread' configuration value; 172 if that is unspecified, default to --thread. 173 174--dry-run:: 175 Do everything except actually send the emails. 176 177--envelope-sender:: 178 Specify the envelope sender used to send the emails. 179 This is useful if your default address is not the address that is 180 subscribed to a list. If you use the sendmail binary, you must have 181 suitable privileges for the -f parameter. 182 Default is the value of the 'sendemail.envelopesender' configuration 183 variable; if that is unspecified, choosing the envelope sender is left 184 to your MTA. 185 186--to:: 187 Specify the primary recipient of the emails generated. 188 Generally, this will be the upstream maintainer of the 189 project involved. 190 Default is the value of the 'sendemail.to' configuration value; 191 if that is unspecified, this will be prompted for. 192+ 193The --to option must be repeated for each user you want on the to list. 194 195 196CONFIGURATION 197------------- 198sendemail.identity:: 199 The default configuration identity. When specified, 200 'sendemail.<identity>.<item>' will have higher precedence than 201 'sendemail.<item>'. This is useful to declare multiple SMTP 202 identities and to hoist sensitive authentication information 203 out of the repository and into the global configuration file. 204 205sendemail.aliasesfile:: 206 To avoid typing long email addresses, point this to one or more 207 email aliases files. You must also supply 'sendemail.aliasfiletype'. 208 209sendemail.aliasfiletype:: 210 Format of the file(s) specified in sendemail.aliasesfile. Must be 211 one of 'mutt', 'mailrc', 'pine', or 'gnus'. 212 213sendemail.to:: 214 Email address (or alias) to always send to. 215 216sendemail.cccmd:: 217 Command to execute to generate per patch file specific "Cc:"s. 218 219sendemail.bcc:: 220 Email address (or alias) to always bcc. 221 222sendemail.chainreplyto:: 223 Boolean value specifying the default to the '--chain_reply_to' 224 parameter. 225 226sendemail.smtpserver:: 227 Default SMTP server to use. 228 229sendemail.smtpserverport:: 230 Default SMTP server port to use. 231 232sendemail.smtpuser:: 233 Default SMTP-AUTH username. 234 235sendemail.smtppass:: 236 Default SMTP-AUTH password. 237 238sendemail.smtpencryption:: 239 Default encryption method. Use 'ssl' for SSL (and specify an 240 appropriate port), or 'tls' for TLS. Takes precedence over 241 'smtpssl' if both are specified. 242 243sendemail.smtpssl:: 244 Legacy boolean that sets 'smtpencryption=ssl' if enabled. 245 246Author 247------ 248Written by Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com> 249 250git-send-email is originally based upon 251send_lots_of_email.pl by Greg Kroah-Hartman. 252 253Documentation 254-------------- 255Documentation by Ryan Anderson 256 257GIT 258--- 259Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite