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   1git-send-email(1)
   2=================
   3v0.1, July 2005
   4
   5NAME
   6----
   7git-send-email - Send a collection of patches as emails
   8
   9
  10SYNOPSIS
  11--------
  12'git-send-email' [options] <file|directory> [... file|directory]
  13
  14
  15
  16DESCRIPTION
  17-----------
  18Takes the patches given on the command line and emails them out.
  19
  20The header of the email is configurable by command line options.  If not
  21specified on the command line, the user will be prompted with a ReadLine
  22enabled interface to provide the necessary information.
  23
  24The options available are:
  25
  26  --to
  27        Specify the primary recipient of the emails generated.
  28        Generally, this will be the upstream maintainer of the
  29        project involved.
  30
  31   --from
  32        Specify the sender of the emails.  This will default to
  33        the value GIT_COMMITTER_IDENT, as returned by "git-var -l".
  34        The user will still be prompted to confirm this entry.
  35
  36   --compose
  37        Use \$EDITOR to edit an introductory message for the
  38        patch series.
  39
  40   --subject
  41        Specify the initial subject of the email thread.
  42        Only necessary if --compose is also set.  If --compose
  43        is not set, this will be prompted for.
  44
  45   --in-reply-to
  46        Specify the contents of the first In-Reply-To header.
  47        Subsequent emails will refer to the previous email 
  48        instead of this if --chain-reply-to is set (the default)
  49        Only necessary if --compose is also set.  If --compose
  50        is not set, this will be prompted for.
  51
  52   --chain-reply-to, --no-chain-reply-to
  53        If this is set, each email will be sent as a reply to the previous
  54        email sent.  If disabled with "--no-chain-reply-to", all emails after
  55        the first will be sent as replies to the first email sent.  When using
  56        this, it is recommended that the first file given be an overview of the
  57        entire patch series.
  58        Default is --chain-reply-to
  59
  60   --smtp-server
  61        If set, specifies the outgoing SMTP server to use.  Defaults to
  62        localhost.
  63
  64
  65Author
  66------
  67Written by Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com>
  68
  69git-send-email is originally based upon
  70send_lots_of_email.pl by Greg Kroah-Hartman.
  71
  72Documentation
  73--------------
  74Documentation by Ryan Anderson
  75
  76GIT
  77---
  78Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
  79