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 (e.g. 72 `smtp.example.com` or a raw IP address). Alternatively it can 73 specify a full pathname of a sendmail-like program instead; 74 the program must support the `-i` option. Default value can 75 be specified by the 'sendemail.smtpserver' configuration 76 option; the built-in default is `/usr/sbin/sendmail` or 77 `/usr/lib/sendmail` if such program is available, or 78 `localhost` otherwise. 79 80--subject:: 81 Specify the initial subject of the email thread. 82 Only necessary if --compose is also set. If --compose 83 is not set, this will be prompted for. 84 85--suppress-from:: 86 Do not add the From: address to the cc: list, if it shows up in a From: 87 line. 88 89--threaded, --no-threaded:: 90 If this is set, the In-Reply-To header will be set on each email sent. 91 If disabled with "--no-threaded", no emails will have the In-Reply-To 92 header set. 93 Default is the value of the 'sendemail.threaded' configuration value; 94 if that is unspecified, default to --threaded. 95 96--dry-run:: 97 Do everything except actually send the emails. 98 99--envelope-sender:: 100 Specify the envelope sender used to send the emails. 101 This is useful if your default address is not the address that is 102 subscribed to a list. If you use the sendmail binary, you must have 103 suitable privileges for the -f parameter. 104 105--to:: 106 Specify the primary recipient of the emails generated. 107 Generally, this will be the upstream maintainer of the 108 project involved. 109+ 110The --to option must be repeated for each user you want on the to list. 111 112 113CONFIGURATION 114------------- 115sendemail.aliasesfile:: 116 To avoid typing long email addresses, point this to one or more 117 email aliases files. You must also supply 'sendemail.aliasfiletype'. 118 119sendemail.aliasfiletype:: 120 Format of the file(s) specified in sendemail.aliasesfile. Must be 121 one of 'mutt', 'mailrc', 'pine', or 'gnus'. 122 123sendemail.bcc:: 124 Email address (or alias) to always bcc. 125 126sendemail.chainreplyto:: 127 Boolean value specifying the default to the '--chain_reply_to' 128 parameter. 129 130sendemail.smtpserver:: 131 Default smtp server to use. 132 133Author 134------ 135Written by Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com> 136 137git-send-email is originally based upon 138send_lots_of_email.pl by Greg Kroah-Hartman. 139 140Documentation 141-------------- 142Documentation by Ryan Anderson 143 144GIT 145--- 146Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite