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diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..acf8bf41d --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt @@ -0,0 +1,249 @@ +git-send-email(1) +================= + +NAME +---- +git-send-email - Send a collection of patches as emails + + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +'git send-email' [options] <file|directory|rev-list options>... + + +DESCRIPTION +----------- +Takes the patches given on the command line and emails them out. + +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 +enabled interface to provide the necessary information. + + +OPTIONS +------- + +Composing +~~~~~~~~~ + +--bcc:: + Specify a "Bcc:" value for each email. Default is the value of + 'sendemail.bcc'. ++ +The --bcc option must be repeated for each user you want on the bcc list. + +--cc:: + Specify a starting "Cc:" value for each email. ++ +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. ++ +When compose is in 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. ++ +If it wasn't able to see a header in the summary it will ask you about it +interactively after quitting your editor. + +--from:: + 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. + +--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 (the default) + 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. + Only necessary if --compose is also set. If --compose + is not set, this will be prompted for. + +--to:: + 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. ++ +The --to option must be repeated for each user you want on the to list. + + +Sending +~~~~~~~ + +--envelope-sender:: + Specify the envelope sender used to send the emails. + This is useful if your default address is not the address that is + subscribed to a list. If you use the sendmail binary, you must have + suitable privileges for the -f parameter. Default is the value of + the 'sendemail.envelopesender' configuration variable; if that is + unspecified, choosing the envelope sender is left to your MTA. + +--smtp-encryption:: + Specify the encryption to use, either 'ssl' or 'tls'. Any other + value reverts to plain SMTP. Default is the value of + 'sendemail.smtpencryption'. + +--smtp-pass:: + Password for SMTP-AUTH. The argument is optional: If no + argument is specified, then the empty string is used as + the password. Default is the value of 'sendemail.smtppass', + however '--smtp-pass' always overrides this value. ++ +Furthermore, passwords need not be specified in configuration files +or on the command line. If a username has been specified (with +'--smtp-user' or a 'sendemail.smtpuser'), but no password has been +specified (with '--smtp-pass' or 'sendemail.smtppass'), then the +user is prompted for a password while the input is masked for privacy. + +--smtp-server:: + If set, specifies the outgoing SMTP server to use (e.g. + `smtp.example.com` or a raw IP address). Alternatively it can + specify a full pathname of a sendmail-like program instead; + the program must support the `-i` option. Default value can + be specified by the 'sendemail.smtpserver' configuration + option; the built-in default is `/usr/sbin/sendmail` or + `/usr/lib/sendmail` if such program is available, or + `localhost` otherwise. + +--smtp-server-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'. + +--smtp-ssl:: + Legacy alias for '--smtp-encryption ssl'. + +--smtp-user:: + Username for SMTP-AUTH. Default is the value of 'sendemail.smtpuser'; + if a username is not specified (with '--smtp-user' or 'sendemail.smtpuser'), + then authentication is not attempted. + + +Automating +~~~~~~~~~~ + +--cc-cmd:: + Specify a command to execute once per patch file which + should generate patch file specific "Cc:" entries. + Output of this command must be single email address per line. + Default is the value of 'sendemail.cccmd' configuration value. + +--[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 + this, it is recommended that the first file given be an overview of the + entire patch series. Default is the value of the 'sendemail.chainreplyto' + configuration value; if that is unspecified, default to --chain-reply-to. + +--identity:: + A configuration identity. When given, causes values in the + 'sendemail.<identity>' subsection to take precedence over + values in the 'sendemail' section. The default identity is + the value of 'sendemail.identity'. + +--[no-]signed-off-by-cc:: + If this is set, add emails found in Signed-off-by: or Cc: lines to the + cc list. Default is the value of 'sendemail.signedoffbycc' configuration + value; if that is unspecified, default to --signed-off-by-cc. + +--suppress-cc:: + Specify an additional category of recipients to suppress the + auto-cc of. 'self' will avoid including the sender, 'author' will + avoid including the patch author, 'cc' will avoid including anyone + mentioned in Cc lines in the patch, 'sob' will avoid including + anyone mentioned in Signed-off-by lines, and 'cccmd' will avoid + running the --cc-cmd. 'all' will suppress all auto cc values. + Default is the value of 'sendemail.suppresscc' configuration value; + if that is unspecified, default to 'self' if --suppress-from is + specified, as well as 'sob' if --no-signed-off-cc is specified. + +--[no-]suppress-from:: + If this is set, do not add the From: address to the cc: list. + Default is the value of 'sendemail.suppressfrom' configuration + 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. + + +Administering +~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +--dry-run:: + Do everything except actually send the emails. + +--quiet:: + Make git-send-email less verbose. One line per email should be + all that is output. + +--[no-]validate:: + Perform sanity checks on patches. + Currently, validation means the following: + +--[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. ++ +-- + * Warn of patches that contain lines longer than 998 characters; this + is due to SMTP limits as described by http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2821.txt. +-- ++ +Default is the value of 'sendemail.validate'; if this is not set, +default to '--validate'. + + +CONFIGURATION +------------- + +sendemail.aliasesfile:: + To avoid typing long email addresses, point this to one or more + email aliases files. You must also supply 'sendemail.aliasfiletype'. + +sendemail.aliasfiletype:: + Format of the file(s) specified in sendemail.aliasesfile. Must be + one of 'mutt', 'mailrc', 'pine', or 'gnus'. + +sendemail.multiedit:: + If true (default), a single editor instance will be spawned to edit + files you have to edit (patches when '--annotate' is used, and the + summary when '--compose' is used). If false, files will be edited one + after the other, spawning a new editor each time. + + +Author +------ +Written by Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com> + +git-send-email is originally based upon +send_lots_of_email.pl by Greg Kroah-Hartman. + + +Documentation +-------------- +Documentation by Ryan Anderson + + +GIT +--- +Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite |