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diff --git a/Documentation/githooks.txt b/Documentation/githooks.txt index 62908602e7..86f804720a 100644 --- a/Documentation/githooks.txt +++ b/Documentation/githooks.txt @@ -595,10 +595,51 @@ processed by rebase. sendemail-validate ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -This hook is invoked by linkgit:git-send-email[1]. It takes a single parameter, -the name of the file that holds the e-mail to be sent. Exiting with a -non-zero status causes `git send-email` to abort before sending any -e-mails. +This hook is invoked by linkgit:git-send-email[1]. + +It takes these command line arguments. They are, +1. the name of the file which holds the contents of the email to be sent. +2. The name of the file which holds the SMTP headers of the email. + +The SMTP headers are passed in the exact same way as they are passed to the +user's Mail Transport Agent (MTA). In effect, the email given to the user's +MTA, is the contents of $2 followed by the contents of $1. + +An example of a few common headers is shown below. Take notice of the +capitalization and multi-line tab structure. + + From: Example <from@example.com> + To: to@example.com + Cc: cc@example.com, + A <author@example.com>, + One <one@example.com>, + two@example.com + Subject: PATCH-STRING + +Exiting with a non-zero status causes `git send-email` to abort +before sending any e-mails. + +The following environment variables are set when executing the hook. + +`GIT_SENDEMAIL_FILE_COUNTER`:: + A 1-based counter incremented by one for every file holding an e-mail + to be sent (excluding any FIFOs). This counter does not follow the + patch series counter scheme. It will always start at 1 and will end at + GIT_SENDEMAIL_FILE_TOTAL. + +`GIT_SENDEMAIL_FILE_TOTAL`:: + The total number of files that will be sent (excluding any FIFOs). This + counter does not follow the patch series counter scheme. It will always + be equal to the number of files being sent, whether there is a cover + letter or not. + +These variables may for instance be used to validate patch series. + +The sample `sendemail-validate` hook that comes with Git checks that all sent +patches (excluding the cover letter) can be applied on top of the upstream +repository default branch without conflicts. Some placeholders are left for +additional validation steps to be performed after all patches of a given series +have been applied. fsmonitor-watchman ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |