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diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt index 7c5ce415c7..767cf4d4bd 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt @@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION ----------- 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 @@ -138,8 +142,9 @@ 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); 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. @@ -161,7 +166,7 @@ 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 @@ -189,12 +194,12 @@ Automating - '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. -- 'body' is equivalent to 'sob' + 'ccbody' +- 'body' is equivalent to 'sob' + 'bodycc' - 'all' will suppress all auto cc values. -- + @@ -208,10 +213,22 @@ specified, as well as 'body' if --no-signed-off-cc is specified. 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 |