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DESCRIPTION
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Takes the patches given on the command line and emails them out.
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
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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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'.
--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.
+
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.
--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.
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. If not specified on the command line,
--from=<address>::
Specify the sender of the emails. If not specified on the command line,
--smtp-server-port=<port>::
Specifies a port different from the default port (SMTP
--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'.
--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.
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
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).
- '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.
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.
--
+
- 'all' will suppress all auto cc values.
--
+
value; if that is unspecified, default to --no-suppress-from.
--[no-]thread::
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
Administering
--dry-run::
Do everything except actually send the emails.
--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.
--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'.
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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CONFIGURATION
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