Composing
~~~~~~~~~
+--annotate::
+ Review and edit each patch you're about to send. See the
+ CONFIGURATION section for 'sendemail.multiedit'.
+
--bcc=<address>::
Specify a "Bcc:" value for each email. Default is the value of
'sendemail.bcc'.
+
The --cc option must be repeated for each user you want on the cc list.
---annotate::
- Review each patch you're about to send in an editor. The setting
- 'sendemail.multiedit' defines if this will spawn one editor per patch
- or one for all of them at once.
-
--compose::
Use $GIT_EDITOR, core.editor, $VISUAL, or $EDITOR to edit an
introductory message for the patch series.
and In-Reply-To headers will be used unless they are removed.
+
Missing From or In-Reply-To headers will be prompted for.
++
+See the CONFIGURATION section for 'sendemail.multiedit'.
--from=<address>::
- Specify the sender of the emails. This will default to
- the value GIT_COMMITTER_IDENT, as returned by "git var -l".
- The user will still be prompted to confirm this entry.
+ Specify the sender of the emails. If not specified on the command line,
+ the value of the 'sendemail.from' configuration option is used. If
+ neither the command line option nor 'sendemail.from' are set, then the
+ user will be prompted for the value. The default for the prompt will be
+ the value of GIT_AUTHOR_IDENT, or GIT_COMMITTER_IDENT if that is not
+ set, as returned by "git var -l".
--in-reply-to=<identifier>::
Specify the contents of the first In-Reply-To header.
--smtp-server-port=<port>::
Specifies a port different from the default port (SMTP
servers typically listen to smtp port 25 and ssmtp port
- 465). This can be set with 'sendemail.smtpserverport'.
+ 465); symbolic port names (e.g. "submission" instead of 465)
+ are also accepted. The port can also be set with the
+ 'sendemail.smtpserverport' configuration variable.
--smtp-ssl::
Legacy alias for '--smtp-encryption ssl'.
--dry-run::
Do everything except actually send the emails.
+--[no-]format-patch::
+ When an argument may be understood either as a reference or as a file name,
+ choose to understand it as a format-patch argument ('--format-patch')
+ or as a file name ('--no-format-patch'). By default, when such a conflict
+ occurs, git send-email will fail.
+
--quiet::
Make git-send-email less verbose. One line per email should be
all that is output.
Default is the value of 'sendemail.validate'; if this is not set,
default to '--validate'.
---[no-]format-patch::
- When an argument may be understood either as a reference or as a file name,
- choose to understand it as a format-patch argument ('--format-patch')
- or as a file name ('--no-format-patch'). By default, when such a conflict
- occurs, git send-email will fail.
-
CONFIGURATION
-------------
sendemail.aliasfiletype::
Format of the file(s) specified in sendemail.aliasesfile. Must be
- one of 'mutt', 'mailrc', 'pine', or 'gnus'.
+ one of 'mutt', 'mailrc', 'pine', 'elm', or 'gnus'.
sendemail.multiedit::
If true (default), a single editor instance will be spawned to edit