DESCRIPTION
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Takes the patches given on the command line and emails them out.
+Patches can be specified as files, directories (which will send all
+files in the directory), or directly as a revision list. In the
+last case, any format accepted by linkgit:git-format-patch[1] can
+be passed to git send-email.
The header of the email is configurable by command line options. If not
specified on the command line, the user will be prompted with a ReadLine
Composing
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+--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'.
+ servers typically listen to smtp port 25, but may also listen to
+ submission port 587, or the common SSL smtp port 465);
+ symbolic port names (e.g. "submission" instead of 587)
+ are also accepted. The port can also be set with the
+ 'sendemail.smtpserverport' configuration variable.
--smtp-ssl::
Legacy alias for '--smtp-encryption ssl'.
Output of this command must be single email address per line.
Default is the value of 'sendemail.cccmd' configuration value.
---[no-]chain-reply-to=<identifier>::
+--[no-]chain-reply-to::
If this is set, each email will be sent as a reply to the previous
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
- 'self' will avoid including the sender
- 'cc' will avoid including anyone mentioned in Cc lines in the patch header
except for self (use 'self' for that).
-- 'ccbody' will avoid including anyone mentioned in Cc lines in the
+- 'bodycc' will avoid including anyone mentioned in Cc lines in the
patch body (commit message) except for self (use 'self' for that).
- 'sob' will avoid including anyone mentioned in Signed-off-by lines except
for self (use 'self' for that).
- 'cccmd' will avoid running the --cc-cmd.
-- 'body' is equivalent to 'sob' + 'ccbody'
+- 'body' is equivalent to 'sob' + 'bodycc'
- 'all' will suppress all auto cc values.
--
+
value; if that is unspecified, default to --no-suppress-from.
--[no-]thread::
- If this is set, the In-Reply-To header will be set on each email sent.
- If disabled with "--no-thread", no emails will have the In-Reply-To
- header set. Default is the value of the 'sendemail.thread' configuration
- value; if that is unspecified, default to --thread.
+ If this is set, the In-Reply-To and References headers will be
+ added to each email sent. Whether each mail refers to the
+ previous email (`deep` threading per 'git format-patch'
+ wording) or to the first email (`shallow` threading) is
+ governed by "--[no-]chain-reply-to".
++
+If disabled with "--no-thread", those headers will not be added
+(unless specified with --in-reply-to). Default is the value of the
+'sendemail.thread' configuration value; if that is unspecified,
+default to --thread.
++
+It is up to the user to ensure that no In-Reply-To header already
+exists when 'git send-email' is asked to add it (especially note that
+'git format-patch' can be configured to do the threading itself).
+Failure to do so may not produce the expected result in the
+recipient's MUA.
Administering
--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
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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