From: Junio C Hamano Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2010 00:36:19 +0000 (-0800) Subject: Merge branch 'maint' X-Git-Tag: v1.7.4-rc0~67 X-Git-Url: https://git.lorimer.id.au/gitweb.git/diff_plain/271c2aa6eed21d4ef9d8d6c2298121545e6ce123?ds=inline;hp=-c Merge branch 'maint' --- 271c2aa6eed21d4ef9d8d6c2298121545e6ce123 diff --combined Documentation/git-send-email.txt index ebc024ae3d,adbca12b1e..7ec9dabe68 --- a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt @@@ -82,26 -82,11 +82,26 @@@ See the CONFIGURATION section for 'send set, as returned by "git var -l". --in-reply-to=:: - 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=:: Specify the initial subject of the email thread. @@@ -112,7 -97,7 +112,7 @@@ 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. @@@ -180,15 -165,6 +180,15 @@@ user is prompted for a password while t are also accepted. The port can also be set with the 'sendemail.smtpserverport' configuration variable. +--smtp-server-option=