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diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt index a2821907c..9902da43c 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt @@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ OPTIONS Composing ~~~~~~~~~ +--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'. @@ -55,11 +59,6 @@ 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. ---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. @@ -71,11 +70,16 @@ In-Reply-To headers specified in the message. If the body of the message 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. This will default to - the value GIT_COMMITTER_IDENT, as returned by "git var -l". - The user will still be prompted to confirm this entry. + Specify the sender of the emails. If not specified on the command line, + the value of the 'sendemail.from' configuration option is used. If + neither the command line option nor 'sendemail.from' are set, then the + user will be prompted for the value. The default for the prompt will be + the value of GIT_AUTHOR_IDENT, or GIT_COMMITTER_IDENT if that is not + set, as returned by "git var -l". --in-reply-to=<identifier>:: Specify the contents of the first In-Reply-To header. @@ -139,7 +143,9 @@ user is prompted for a password while the input is masked for privacy. --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'. + 465); symbolic port names (e.g. "submission" instead of 465) + are also accepted. The port can also be set with the + 'sendemail.smtpserverport' configuration variable. --smtp-ssl:: Legacy alias for '--smtp-encryption ssl'. @@ -159,7 +165,7 @@ Automating 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 @@ -208,7 +214,8 @@ specified, as well as 'body' if --no-signed-off-cc is specified. --[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 + header set, unless specified with --in-reply-to. + Default is the value of the 'sendemail.thread' configuration value; if that is unspecified, default to --thread. @@ -234,6 +241,12 @@ have been specified, in which case default to 'compose'. --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. @@ -250,12 +263,6 @@ have been specified, in which case default to 'compose'. 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 ------------- |