set, as returned by "git var -l".
--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.
- Only necessary if --compose is also set. If --compose
- is not set, this will be prompted for.
+ Make the first mail (or all the mails with `--no-thread`) appear as a
+ reply to the given Message-Id, which avoids breaking threads to
+ provide a new patch series.
+ The second and subsequent emails will be sent as replies according to
+ the `--[no]-chain-reply-to` setting.
++
+So for example when `--thread` and `--no-chain-reply-to` are specified, the
+second and subsequent patches will be replies to the first one like in the
+illustration below where `[PATCH v2 0/3]` is in reply to `[PATCH 0/2]`:
++
+ [PATCH 0/2] Here is what I did...
+ [PATCH 1/2] Clean up and tests
+ [PATCH 2/2] Implementation
+ [PATCH v2 0/3] Here is a reroll
+ [PATCH v2 1/3] Clean up
+ [PATCH v2 2/3] New tests
+ [PATCH v2 3/3] Implementation
++
+Only necessary if --compose is also set. If --compose
+is not set, this will be prompted for.
--subject=<string>::
Specify the initial subject of the email thread.
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,
- this will be prompted for.
+ 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.
are also accepted. The port can also be set with the
'sendemail.smtpserverport' configuration variable.
+--smtp-server-option=<option>::
+ If set, specifies the outgoing SMTP server option to use.
+ Default value can be specified by the 'sendemail.smtpserveroption'
+ configuration option.
++
+The --smtp-server-option option must be repeated for each option you want
+to pass to the server. Likewise, different lines in the configuration files
+must be used for each option.
+
--smtp-ssl::
Legacy alias for '--smtp-encryption ssl'.
Automating
~~~~~~~~~~
+--to-cmd=<command>::
+ Specify a command to execute once per patch file which
+ should generate patch file specific "To:" entries.
+ Output of this command must be single email address per line.
+ Default is the value of 'sendemail.tocmd' configuration value.
+
--cc-cmd=<command>::
Specify a command to execute once per patch file which
should generate patch file specific "Cc:" entries.
Default is the value of 'sendemail.validate'; if this is not set,
default to '--validate'.
+--force::
+ Send emails even if safety checks would prevent it.
+
CONFIGURATION
-------------
one of 'always', 'never', 'cc', 'compose', or 'auto'. See '--confirm'
in the previous section for the meaning of these values.
-
Use gmail as the smtp server
----------------------------
Note: the following perl modules are required
Net::SMTP::SSL, MIME::Base64 and Authen::SASL
-
-Author
-------
-Written by Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com>
-
-git-send-email is originally based upon
-send_lots_of_email.pl by Greg Kroah-Hartman.
-
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Ryan Anderson
-
-
GIT
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Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite