--------
[verse]
'git send-email' [options] <file|directory|rev-list options>...
+'git send-email' --dump-aliases
DESCRIPTION
of 'sendemail.annotate'. See the CONFIGURATION section for
'sendemail.multiEdit'.
---bcc=<address>::
+--bcc=<address>,...::
Specify a "Bcc:" value for each email. Default is the value of
'sendemail.bcc'.
+
-The --bcc option must be repeated for each user you want on the bcc list.
+This option may be specified multiple times.
---cc=<address>::
+--cc=<address>,...::
Specify a starting "Cc:" value for each email.
Default is the value of 'sendemail.cc'.
+
-The --cc option must be repeated for each user you want on the cc list.
+This option may be specified multiple times.
--compose::
Invoke a text editor (see GIT_EDITOR in linkgit:git-var[1])
Only necessary if --compose is also set. If --compose
is not set, this will be prompted for.
---to=<address>::
+--to=<address>,...::
Specify the primary recipient of the emails generated. Generally, this
will be the upstream maintainer of the project involved. Default is the
value of the 'sendemail.to' configuration value; if that is unspecified,
and --to-cmd is not specified, this will be prompted for.
+
-The --to option must be repeated for each user you want on the to list.
+This option may be specified multiple times.
--8bit-encoding=<encoding>::
When encountering a non-ASCII message or subject that does not
to determine your FQDN automatically. Default is the value of
'sendemail.smtpDomain'.
+--smtp-auth=<mechanisms>::
+ Whitespace-separated list of allowed SMTP-AUTH mechanisms. This setting
+ forces using only the listed mechanisms. Example:
++
+------
+$ git send-email --smtp-auth="PLAIN LOGIN GSSAPI" ...
+------
++
+If at least one of the specified mechanisms matches the ones advertised by the
+SMTP server and if it is supported by the utilized SASL library, the mechanism
+is used for authentication. If neither 'sendemail.smtpAuth' nor '--smtp-auth'
+is specified, all mechanisms supported by the SASL library can be used.
+
--smtp-pass[=<password>]::
Password for SMTP-AUTH. The argument is optional: If no
argument is specified, then the empty string is used as
Send emails even if safety checks would prevent it.
+Information
+~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+--dump-aliases::
+ Instead of the normal operation, dump the shorthand alias names from
+ the configured alias file(s), one per line in alphabetical order. Note,
+ this only includes the alias name and not its expanded email addresses.
+ See 'sendemail.aliasesfile' for more information about aliases.
+
+
CONFIGURATION
-------------
smtpUser = yourname@gmail.com
smtpServerPort = 587
+If you have multifactor authentication setup on your gmail account, you will
+need to generate an app-specific password for use with 'git send-email'. Visit
+https://security.google.com/settings/security/apppasswords to setup an
+app-specific password. Once setup, you can store it with the credentials
+helper:
+
+ $ git credential fill
+ protocol=smtp
+ host=smtp.gmail.com
+ username=youname@gmail.com
+ password=app-password
+
+
Once your commits are ready to be sent to the mailing list, run the
following commands: