Merge branch 'maint-1.6.1' into maint-1.6.2

diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
index 2b6d68c498a1afac3f25b2d9c1115057add805b4..fc0a4ab441d0ee55f44450d2722187e975f84f44 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
@@ -19,6 +19,19 @@ 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
 enabled interface to provide the necessary information.
 
+There are two formats accepted for patch files:
+
+1. mbox format files
++
+This is what linkgit:git-format-patch[1] generates.  Most headers and MIME
+formatting are ignored.
+
+2. The original format used by Greg Kroah-Hartman's 'send_lots_of_email.pl'
+script
++
+This format expects the first line of the file to contain the "Cc:" value
+and the "Subject:" of the message as the second line.
+
 
 OPTIONS
 -------
@@ -164,14 +177,25 @@ Automating
 
 --suppress-cc::
        Specify an additional category of recipients to suppress the
-       auto-cc of.  'self' will avoid including the sender, 'author' will
-       avoid including the patch author, 'cc' will avoid including anyone
-       mentioned in Cc lines in the patch, 'sob' will avoid including
-       anyone mentioned in Signed-off-by lines, and 'cccmd' will avoid
-       running the --cc-cmd.  'all' will suppress all auto cc values.
-       Default is the value of 'sendemail.suppresscc' configuration value;
-       if that is unspecified, default to 'self' if --suppress-from is
-       specified, as well as 'sob' if --no-signed-off-cc is specified.
+       auto-cc of:
++
+--
+- 'author' will avoid including the patch author
+- '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
+  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'
+- 'all' will suppress all auto cc values.
+--
++
+Default is the value of 'sendemail.suppresscc' configuration value; if
+that is unspecified, default to 'self' if --suppress-from is
+specified, as well as 'body' if --no-signed-off-cc is specified.
 
 --[no-]suppress-from::
        If this is set, do not add the From: address to the cc: list.
@@ -198,12 +222,6 @@ Administering
 --[no-]validate::
        Perform sanity checks on patches.
        Currently, validation means the following:
-
---[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.
 +
 --
                *       Warn of patches that contain lines longer than 998 characters; this
@@ -213,6 +231,12 @@ Administering
 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
 -------------