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 14DESCRIPTION 15----------- 16Takes the patches given on the command line and emails them out. 17 18The header of the email is configurable by command line options. If not 19specified on the command line, the user will be prompted with a ReadLine 20enabled interface to provide the necessary information. 21 22 23OPTIONS 24------- 25 26Composing 27~~~~~~~~~ 28 29--bcc:: 30 Specify a "Bcc:" value for each email. Default is the value of 31 'sendemail.bcc'. 32+ 33The --bcc option must be repeated for each user you want on the bcc list. 34 35--cc:: 36 Specify a starting "Cc:" value for each email. 37+ 38The --cc option must be repeated for each user you want on the cc list. 39 40--compose:: 41 Use $GIT_EDITOR, core.editor, $VISUAL, or $EDITOR to edit an 42 introductory message for the patch series. 43 44--from:: 45 Specify the sender of the emails. This will default to 46 the value GIT_COMMITTER_IDENT, as returned by "git var -l". 47 The user will still be prompted to confirm this entry. 48 49--in-reply-to:: 50 Specify the contents of the first In-Reply-To header. 51 Subsequent emails will refer to the previous email 52 instead of this if --chain-reply-to is set (the default) 53 Only necessary if --compose is also set. If --compose 54 is not set, this will be prompted for. 55 56--subject:: 57 Specify the initial subject of the email thread. 58 Only necessary if --compose is also set. If --compose 59 is not set, this will be prompted for. 60 61--to:: 62 Specify the primary recipient of the emails generated. Generally, this 63 will be the upstream maintainer of the project involved. Default is the 64 value of the 'sendemail.to' configuration value; if that is unspecified, 65 this will be prompted for. 66+ 67The --to option must be repeated for each user you want on the to list. 68 69 70Sending 71~~~~~~~ 72 73--envelope-sender:: 74 Specify the envelope sender used to send the emails. 75 This is useful if your default address is not the address that is 76 subscribed to a list. If you use the sendmail binary, you must have 77 suitable privileges for the -f parameter. Default is the value of 78 the 'sendemail.envelopesender' configuration variable; if that is 79 unspecified, choosing the envelope sender is left to your MTA. 80 81--smtp-encryption:: 82 Specify the encryption to use, either 'ssl' or 'tls'. Any other 83 value reverts to plain SMTP. Default is the value of 84 'sendemail.smtpencryption'. 85 86--smtp-pass:: 87 Password for SMTP-AUTH. The argument is optional: If no 88 argument is specified, then the empty string is used as 89 the password. Default is the value of 'sendemail.smtppass', 90 however '--smtp-pass' always overrides this value. 91+ 92Furthermore, passwords need not be specified in configuration files 93or on the command line. If a username has been specified (with 94'--smtp-user' or a 'sendemail.smtpuser'), but no password has been 95specified (with '--smtp-pass' or 'sendemail.smtppass'), then the 96user is prompted for a password while the input is masked for privacy. 97 98--smtp-server:: 99 If set, specifies the outgoing SMTP server to use (e.g. 100 `smtp.example.com` or a raw IP address). Alternatively it can 101 specify a full pathname of a sendmail-like program instead; 102 the program must support the `-i` option. Default value can 103 be specified by the 'sendemail.smtpserver' configuration 104 option; the built-in default is `/usr/sbin/sendmail` or 105 `/usr/lib/sendmail` if such program is available, or 106 `localhost` otherwise. 107 108--smtp-server-port:: 109 Specifies a port different from the default port (SMTP 110 servers typically listen to smtp port 25 and ssmtp port 111 465). This can be set with 'sendemail.smtpserverport'. 112 113--smtp-ssl:: 114 Legacy alias for '--smtp-encryption ssl'. 115 116--smtp-user:: 117 Username for SMTP-AUTH. Default is the value of 'sendemail.smtpuser'; 118 if a username is not specified (with '--smtp-user' or 'sendemail.smtpuser'), 119 then authentication is not attempted. 120 121 122Automating 123~~~~~~~~~~ 124 125--cc-cmd:: 126 Specify a command to execute once per patch file which 127 should generate patch file specific "Cc:" entries. 128 Output of this command must be single email address per line. 129 Default is the value of 'sendemail.cccmd' configuration value. 130 131--[no-]chain-reply-to:: 132 If this is set, each email will be sent as a reply to the previous 133 email sent. If disabled with "--no-chain-reply-to", all emails after 134 the first will be sent as replies to the first email sent. When using 135 this, it is recommended that the first file given be an overview of the 136 entire patch series. Default is the value of the 'sendemail.chainreplyto' 137 configuration value; if that is unspecified, default to --chain-reply-to. 138 139--identity:: 140 A configuration identity. When given, causes values in the 141 'sendemail.<identity>' subsection to take precedence over 142 values in the 'sendemail' section. The default identity is 143 the value of 'sendemail.identity'. 144 145--[no-]signed-off-by-cc:: 146 If this is set, add emails found in Signed-off-by: or Cc: lines to the 147 cc list. Default is the value of 'sendemail.signedoffcc' configuration 148 value; if that is unspecified, default to --signed-off-by-cc. 149 150--suppress-cc:: 151 Specify an additional category of recipients to suppress the 152 auto-cc of. 'self' will avoid including the sender, 'author' will 153 avoid including the patch author, 'cc' will avoid including anyone 154 mentioned in Cc lines in the patch, 'sob' will avoid including 155 anyone mentioned in Signed-off-by lines, and 'cccmd' will avoid 156 running the --cc-cmd. 'all' will suppress all auto cc values. 157 Default is the value of 'sendemail.suppresscc' configuration value; 158 if that is unspecified, default to 'self' if --suppress-from is 159 specified, as well as 'sob' if --no-signed-off-cc is specified. 160 161--[no-]suppress-from:: 162 If this is set, do not add the From: address to the cc: list. 163 Default is the value of 'sendemail.suppressfrom' configuration 164 value; if that is unspecified, default to --no-suppress-from. 165 166--[no-]thread:: 167 If this is set, the In-Reply-To header will be set on each email sent. 168 If disabled with "--no-thread", no emails will have the In-Reply-To 169 header set. Default is the value of the 'sendemail.thread' configuration 170 value; if that is unspecified, default to --thread. 171 172 173Administering 174~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 175 176--dry-run:: 177 Do everything except actually send the emails. 178 179--quiet:: 180 Make git-send-email less verbose. One line per email should be 181 all that is output. 182 183--[no-]validate:: 184 Perform sanity checks on patches. 185 Currently, validation means the following: 186+ 187-- 188 * Warn of patches that contain lines longer than 998 characters; this 189 is due to SMTP limits as described by http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2821.txt. 190-- 191+ 192Default is the value of 'sendemail.validate'; if this is not set, 193default to '--validate'. 194 195 196CONFIGURATION 197------------- 198 199sendemail.aliasesfile:: 200 To avoid typing long email addresses, point this to one or more 201 email aliases files. You must also supply 'sendemail.aliasfiletype'. 202 203sendemail.aliasfiletype:: 204 Format of the file(s) specified in sendemail.aliasesfile. Must be 205 one of 'mutt', 'mailrc', 'pine', or 'gnus'. 206 207 208Author 209------ 210Written by Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com> 211 212git-send-email is originally based upon 213send_lots_of_email.pl by Greg Kroah-Hartman. 214 215 216Documentation 217-------------- 218Documentation by Ryan Anderson 219 220 221GIT 222--- 223Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite