X-Git-Url: https://git.tokkee.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fgit-send-email.txt;h=c85d7f4385b91ce296c0247e3c9b93059abff19d;hb=b48275998399561780af85d429da3caceeecd2fe;hp=d6b192b7b9d6c7d67703b5e2984a9fed7ffcea3b;hpb=07d6309e63aa272d2930540faa72147dc5be97a5;p=git.git diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt index d6b192b7b..c85d7f438 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt @@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ The --bcc option must be repeated for each user you want on the bcc list. The --cc option must be repeated for each user you want on the cc list. --compose:: - Use $GIT_EDITOR, core.editor, $VISUAL, or $EDITOR to edit an - introductory message for the patch series. + Invoke a text editor (see GIT_EDITOR in linkgit:git-var[1]) + to edit an introductory message for the patch series. + 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 @@ -142,8 +142,9 @@ user is prompted for a password while the input is masked for privacy. --smtp-server-port=:: Specifies a port different from the default port (SMTP - servers typically listen to smtp port 25 and ssmtp port - 465); symbolic port names (e.g. "submission" instead of 465) + 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.