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, --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--signed-off-by-cc, --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-ssl:: 135 If set, connects to the SMTP server using SSL. 136 Default is the value of the 'sendemail.smtpssl' configuration value; 137 if that is unspecified, does not use SSL. 138 139--subject:: 140 Specify the initial subject of the email thread. 141 Only necessary if --compose is also set. If --compose 142 is not set, this will be prompted for. 143 144--suppress-from, --no-suppress-from:: 145 If this is set, do not add the From: address to the cc: list. 146 Default is the value of 'sendemail.suppressfrom' configuration value; 147 if that is unspecified, default to --no-suppress-from. 148 149--suppress-cc:: 150 Specify an additional category of recipients to suppress the 151 auto-cc of. 'self' will avoid including the sender, 'author' will 152 avoid including the patch author, 'cc' will avoid including anyone 153 mentioned in Cc lines in the patch, 'sob' will avoid including 154 anyone mentioned in Signed-off-by lines, and 'cccmd' will avoid 155 running the --cc-cmd. 'all' will suppress all auto cc values. 156 Default is the value of 'sendemail.suppresscc' configuration value; 157 if that is unspecified, default to 'self' if --suppress-from is 158 specified, as well as 'sob' if --no-signed-off-cc is specified. 159 160--thread, --no-thread:: 161 If this is set, the In-Reply-To header will be set on each email sent. 162 If disabled with "--no-thread", no emails will have the In-Reply-To 163 header set. 164 Default is the value of the 'sendemail.thread' configuration value; 165 if that is unspecified, default to --thread. 166 167--dry-run:: 168 Do everything except actually send the emails. 169 170--envelope-sender:: 171 Specify the envelope sender used to send the emails. 172 This is useful if your default address is not the address that is 173 subscribed to a list. If you use the sendmail binary, you must have 174 suitable privileges for the -f parameter. 175 176--to:: 177 Specify the primary recipient of the emails generated. 178 Generally, this will be the upstream maintainer of the 179 project involved. 180 Default is the value of the 'sendemail.to' configuration value; 181 if that is unspecified, this will be prompted for. 182+ 183The --to option must be repeated for each user you want on the to list. 184 185 186CONFIGURATION 187------------- 188sendemail.identity:: 189 The default configuration identity. When specified, 190 'sendemail.<identity>.<item>' will have higher precedence than 191 'sendemail.<item>'. This is useful to declare multiple SMTP 192 identities and to hoist sensitive authentication information 193 out of the repository and into the global configuration file. 194 195sendemail.aliasesfile:: 196 To avoid typing long email addresses, point this to one or more 197 email aliases files. You must also supply 'sendemail.aliasfiletype'. 198 199sendemail.aliasfiletype:: 200 Format of the file(s) specified in sendemail.aliasesfile. Must be 201 one of 'mutt', 'mailrc', 'pine', or 'gnus'. 202 203sendemail.to:: 204 Email address (or alias) to always send to. 205 206sendemail.cccmd:: 207 Command to execute to generate per patch file specific "Cc:"s. 208 209sendemail.bcc:: 210 Email address (or alias) to always bcc. 211 212sendemail.chainreplyto:: 213 Boolean value specifying the default to the '--chain_reply_to' 214 parameter. 215 216sendemail.smtpserver:: 217 Default SMTP server to use. 218 219sendemail.smtpserverport:: 220 Default SMTP server port to use. 221 222sendemail.smtpuser:: 223 Default SMTP-AUTH username. 224 225sendemail.smtppass:: 226 Default SMTP-AUTH password. 227 228sendemail.smtpssl:: 229 Boolean value specifying the default to the '--smtp-ssl' parameter. 230 231Author 232------ 233Written by Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com> 234 235git-send-email is originally based upon 236send_lots_of_email.pl by Greg Kroah-Hartman. 237 238Documentation 239-------------- 240Documentation by Ryan Anderson 241 242GIT 243--- 244Part of the linkgit:git[7] suite