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
-------
Use $GIT_EDITOR, core.editor, $VISUAL, or $EDITOR to edit an
introductory message for the patch series.
+
-When '--compose' is used, git send-email gets less interactive will use the
-values of the headers you set there. If the body of the email (what you type
-after the headers and a blank line) only contains blank (or GIT: prefixed)
-lines, the summary won't be sent, but git-send-email will still use the
-Headers values if you don't removed them.
+When '--compose' is used, git send-email will use the From, Subject, and
+In-Reply-To headers specified in the message. If the body of the message
+(what you type after the headers and a blank line) only contains blank
+(or GIT: prefixed) lines the summary won't be sent, but From, Subject,
+and In-Reply-To headers will be used unless they are removed.
+
-If it wasn't able to see a header in the summary it will ask you about it
-interactively after quitting your editor.
+Missing From or In-Reply-To headers will be prompted for.
--from::
Specify the sender of the emails. This will default to