send-email: ask about and declare 8bit mails

diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
index 8c482f40b98f81460da7230a8656a9a4a97d77df..e70d9bfcdba4c803e72b6cfc8fea9d8f3287816a 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ See the CONFIGURATION section for 'sendemail.multiedit'.
 --in-reply-to=<identifier>::
        Specify the contents of the first In-Reply-To header.
        Subsequent emails will refer to the previous email
-       instead of this if --chain-reply-to is set (the default)
+       instead of this if --chain-reply-to is set.
        Only necessary if --compose is also set.  If --compose
        is not set, this will be prompted for.
 
@@ -101,6 +101,15 @@ See the CONFIGURATION section for 'sendemail.multiedit'.
 +
 The --to option must be repeated for each user you want on the to list.
 
+--8bit-encoding=<encoding>::
+       When encountering a non-ASCII message or subject that does not
+       declare its encoding, add headers/quoting to indicate it is
+       encoded in <encoding>.  Default is the value of the
+       'sendemail.assume8bitEncoding'; if that is unspecified, this
+       will be prompted for if any non-ASCII files are encountered.
++
+Note that no attempts whatsoever are made to validate the encoding.
+
 
 Sending
 ~~~~~~~
@@ -172,8 +181,8 @@ Automating
        email sent.  If disabled with "--no-chain-reply-to", all emails after
        the first will be sent as replies to the first email sent.  When using
        this, it is recommended that the first file given be an overview of the
-       entire patch series. Default is the value of the 'sendemail.chainreplyto'
-       configuration value; if that is unspecified, default to --chain-reply-to.
+       entire patch series. Disabled by default, but the 'sendemail.chainreplyto'
+       configuration variable can be used to enable it.
 
 --identity=<identity>::
        A configuration identity. When given, causes values in the
@@ -300,6 +309,21 @@ sendemail.confirm::
        in the previous section for the meaning of these values.
 
 
+Use gmail as the smtp server
+----------------------------
+
+Add the following section to the config file:
+
+       [sendemail]
+               smtpencryption = tls
+               smtpserver = smtp.gmail.com
+               smtpuser = yourname@gmail.com
+               smtpserverport = 587
+
+Note: the following perl modules are required
+      Net::SMTP::SSL, MIME::Base64 and Authen::SASL
+
+
 Author
 ------
 Written by Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com>