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1 | git-send-email(1) |
2 | ================= | |
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3 | |
4 | NAME | |
5 | ---- | |
215a7ad1 | 6 | git-send-email - Send a collection of patches as emails |
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7 | |
8 | ||
9 | SYNOPSIS | |
10 | -------- | |
7791a1d9 | 11 | [verse] |
5df9fcf6 | 12 | 'git send-email' [options] <file|directory|rev-list options>... |
17b7a832 | 13 | 'git send-email' --dump-aliases |
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14 | |
15 | ||
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16 | DESCRIPTION |
17 | ----------- | |
18 | Takes the patches given on the command line and emails them out. | |
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19 | Patches can be specified as files, directories (which will send all |
20 | files in the directory), or directly as a revision list. In the | |
21 | last case, any format accepted by linkgit:git-format-patch[1] can | |
22 | be passed to git send-email. | |
479cec96 | 23 | |
06ab60c0 | 24 | The header of the email is configurable via command-line options. If not |
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25 | specified on the command line, the user will be prompted with a ReadLine |
26 | enabled interface to provide the necessary information. | |
27 | ||
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28 | There are two formats accepted for patch files: |
29 | ||
30 | 1. mbox format files | |
31 | + | |
32 | This is what linkgit:git-format-patch[1] generates. Most headers and MIME | |
33 | formatting are ignored. | |
34 | ||
35 | 2. The original format used by Greg Kroah-Hartman's 'send_lots_of_email.pl' | |
36 | script | |
37 | + | |
38 | This format expects the first line of the file to contain the "Cc:" value | |
39 | and the "Subject:" of the message as the second line. | |
40 | ||
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42 | OPTIONS |
43 | ------- | |
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44 | |
45 | Composing | |
46 | ~~~~~~~~~ | |
479cec96 | 47 | |
432b1282 | 48 | --annotate:: |
402596aa | 49 | Review and edit each patch you're about to send. Default is the value |
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50 | of `sendemail.annotate`. See the CONFIGURATION section for |
51 | `sendemail.multiEdit`. | |
432b1282 | 52 | |
b1c8a11c | 53 | --bcc=<address>,...:: |
3971a973 | 54 | Specify a "Bcc:" value for each email. Default is the value of |
ae9f6311 | 55 | `sendemail.bcc`. |
5ef1f8d4 | 56 | + |
b1c8a11c | 57 | This option may be specified multiple times. |
79ee555b | 58 | |
b1c8a11c | 59 | --cc=<address>,...:: |
da140f8b | 60 | Specify a starting "Cc:" value for each email. |
ae9f6311 | 61 | Default is the value of `sendemail.cc`. |
5ef1f8d4 | 62 | + |
b1c8a11c | 63 | This option may be specified multiple times. |
79ee555b | 64 | |
2718435b | 65 | --compose:: |
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66 | Invoke a text editor (see GIT_EDITOR in linkgit:git-var[1]) |
67 | to edit an introductory message for the patch series. | |
beece9da | 68 | + |
bcf9626a | 69 | When `--compose` is used, git send-email will use the From, Subject, and |
01d38612 SB |
70 | In-Reply-To headers specified in the message. If the body of the message |
71 | (what you type after the headers and a blank line) only contains blank | |
06ab60c0 | 72 | (or Git: prefixed) lines, the summary won't be sent, but From, Subject, |
01d38612 | 73 | and In-Reply-To headers will be used unless they are removed. |
beece9da | 74 | + |
01d38612 | 75 | Missing From or In-Reply-To headers will be prompted for. |
3a78d078 | 76 | + |
ae9f6311 | 77 | See the CONFIGURATION section for `sendemail.multiEdit`. |
479cec96 | 78 | |
4c0fe0af | 79 | --from=<address>:: |
09caa24f | 80 | Specify the sender of the emails. If not specified on the command line, |
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81 | the value of the `sendemail.from` configuration option is used. If |
82 | neither the command-line option nor `sendemail.from` are set, then the | |
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83 | user will be prompted for the value. The default for the prompt will be |
84 | the value of GIT_AUTHOR_IDENT, or GIT_COMMITTER_IDENT if that is not | |
85 | set, as returned by "git var -l". | |
479cec96 | 86 | |
4c0fe0af | 87 | --in-reply-to=<identifier>:: |
db54c8e7 AO |
88 | Make the first mail (or all the mails with `--no-thread`) appear as a |
89 | reply to the given Message-Id, which avoids breaking threads to | |
90 | provide a new patch series. | |
91 | The second and subsequent emails will be sent as replies according to | |
92 | the `--[no]-chain-reply-to` setting. | |
93 | + | |
94 | So for example when `--thread` and `--no-chain-reply-to` are specified, the | |
95 | second and subsequent patches will be replies to the first one like in the | |
96 | illustration below where `[PATCH v2 0/3]` is in reply to `[PATCH 0/2]`: | |
97 | + | |
98 | [PATCH 0/2] Here is what I did... | |
99 | [PATCH 1/2] Clean up and tests | |
100 | [PATCH 2/2] Implementation | |
101 | [PATCH v2 0/3] Here is a reroll | |
102 | [PATCH v2 1/3] Clean up | |
103 | [PATCH v2 2/3] New tests | |
104 | [PATCH v2 3/3] Implementation | |
105 | + | |
106 | Only necessary if --compose is also set. If --compose | |
107 | is not set, this will be prompted for. | |
479cec96 | 108 | |
4c0fe0af | 109 | --subject=<string>:: |
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110 | Specify the initial subject of the email thread. |
111 | Only necessary if --compose is also set. If --compose | |
112 | is not set, this will be prompted for. | |
a6d62cdd | 113 | |
b1c8a11c | 114 | --to=<address>,...:: |
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115 | Specify the primary recipient of the emails generated. Generally, this |
116 | will be the upstream maintainer of the project involved. Default is the | |
ae9f6311 | 117 | value of the `sendemail.to` configuration value; if that is unspecified, |
6e74e075 | 118 | and --to-cmd is not specified, this will be prompted for. |
917f3e73 | 119 | + |
b1c8a11c | 120 | This option may be specified multiple times. |
917f3e73 | 121 | |
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122 | --8bit-encoding=<encoding>:: |
123 | When encountering a non-ASCII message or subject that does not | |
124 | declare its encoding, add headers/quoting to indicate it is | |
125 | encoded in <encoding>. Default is the value of the | |
126 | 'sendemail.assume8bitEncoding'; if that is unspecified, this | |
127 | will be prompted for if any non-ASCII files are encountered. | |
128 | + | |
129 | Note that no attempts whatsoever are made to validate the encoding. | |
130 | ||
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131 | --compose-encoding=<encoding>:: |
132 | Specify encoding of compose message. Default is the value of the | |
133 | 'sendemail.composeencoding'; if that is unspecified, UTF-8 is assumed. | |
134 | ||
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135 | --transfer-encoding=(7bit|8bit|quoted-printable|base64):: |
136 | Specify the transfer encoding to be used to send the message over SMTP. | |
137 | 7bit will fail upon encountering a non-ASCII message. quoted-printable | |
138 | can be useful when the repository contains files that contain carriage | |
139 | returns, but makes the raw patch email file (as saved from a MUA) much | |
140 | harder to inspect manually. base64 is even more fool proof, but also | |
ae9f6311 | 141 | even more opaque. Default is the value of the `sendemail.transferEncoding` |
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142 | configuration value; if that is unspecified, git will use 8bit and not |
143 | add a Content-Transfer-Encoding header. | |
144 | ||
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145 | --xmailer:: |
146 | --no-xmailer:: | |
147 | Add (or prevent adding) the "X-Mailer:" header. By default, | |
148 | the header is added, but it can be turned off by setting the | |
149 | `sendemail.xmailer` configuration variable to `false`. | |
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150 | |
151 | Sending | |
152 | ~~~~~~~ | |
153 | ||
4c0fe0af | 154 | --envelope-sender=<address>:: |
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155 | Specify the envelope sender used to send the emails. |
156 | This is useful if your default address is not the address that is | |
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157 | subscribed to a list. In order to use the 'From' address, set the |
158 | value to "auto". If you use the sendmail binary, you must have | |
159 | suitable privileges for the -f parameter. Default is the value of the | |
ae9f6311 | 160 | `sendemail.envelopeSender` configuration variable; if that is |
917f3e73 | 161 | unspecified, choosing the envelope sender is left to your MTA. |
73811e66 | 162 | |
4c0fe0af | 163 | --smtp-encryption=<encryption>:: |
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164 | Specify the encryption to use, either 'ssl' or 'tls'. Any other |
165 | value reverts to plain SMTP. Default is the value of | |
ae9f6311 | 166 | `sendemail.smtpEncryption`. |
73811e66 | 167 | |
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168 | --smtp-domain=<FQDN>:: |
169 | Specifies the Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) used in the | |
170 | HELO/EHLO command to the SMTP server. Some servers require the | |
171 | FQDN to match your IP address. If not set, git send-email attempts | |
69cf7bfd | 172 | to determine your FQDN automatically. Default is the value of |
ae9f6311 | 173 | `sendemail.smtpDomain`. |
79ca070c | 174 | |
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175 | --smtp-auth=<mechanisms>:: |
176 | Whitespace-separated list of allowed SMTP-AUTH mechanisms. This setting | |
177 | forces using only the listed mechanisms. Example: | |
178 | + | |
179 | ------ | |
180 | $ git send-email --smtp-auth="PLAIN LOGIN GSSAPI" ... | |
181 | ------ | |
182 | + | |
183 | If at least one of the specified mechanisms matches the ones advertised by the | |
184 | SMTP server and if it is supported by the utilized SASL library, the mechanism | |
bcf9626a | 185 | is used for authentication. If neither 'sendemail.smtpAuth' nor `--smtp-auth` |
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186 | is specified, all mechanisms supported by the SASL library can be used. |
187 | ||
4c0fe0af | 188 | --smtp-pass[=<password>]:: |
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189 | Password for SMTP-AUTH. The argument is optional: If no |
190 | argument is specified, then the empty string is used as | |
ae9f6311 | 191 | the password. Default is the value of `sendemail.smtpPass`, |
bcf9626a | 192 | however `--smtp-pass` always overrides this value. |
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193 | + |
194 | Furthermore, passwords need not be specified in configuration files | |
195 | or on the command line. If a username has been specified (with | |
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196 | `--smtp-user` or a `sendemail.smtpUser`), but no password has been |
197 | specified (with `--smtp-pass` or `sendemail.smtpPass`), then | |
4d31a44a | 198 | a password is obtained using 'git-credential'. |
34cc60ce | 199 | |
4c0fe0af | 200 | --smtp-server=<host>:: |
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201 | If set, specifies the outgoing SMTP server to use (e.g. |
202 | `smtp.example.com` or a raw IP address). Alternatively it can | |
203 | specify a full pathname of a sendmail-like program instead; | |
6dcfa306 | 204 | the program must support the `-i` option. Default value can |
ae9f6311 | 205 | be specified by the `sendemail.smtpServer` configuration |
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206 | option; the built-in default is `/usr/sbin/sendmail` or |
207 | `/usr/lib/sendmail` if such program is available, or | |
208 | `localhost` otherwise. | |
a6d62cdd | 209 | |
4c0fe0af | 210 | --smtp-server-port=<port>:: |
44b2476a | 211 | Specifies a port different from the default port (SMTP |
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212 | servers typically listen to smtp port 25, but may also listen to |
213 | submission port 587, or the common SSL smtp port 465); | |
214 | symbolic port names (e.g. "submission" instead of 587) | |
dd602bf8 | 215 | are also accepted. The port can also be set with the |
ae9f6311 | 216 | `sendemail.smtpServerPort` configuration variable. |
44b2476a | 217 | |
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218 | --smtp-server-option=<option>:: |
219 | If set, specifies the outgoing SMTP server option to use. | |
ae9f6311 | 220 | Default value can be specified by the `sendemail.smtpServerOption` |
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221 | configuration option. |
222 | + | |
223 | The --smtp-server-option option must be repeated for each option you want | |
224 | to pass to the server. Likewise, different lines in the configuration files | |
225 | must be used for each option. | |
226 | ||
73811e66 | 227 | --smtp-ssl:: |
3971a973 | 228 | Legacy alias for '--smtp-encryption ssl'. |
73811e66 | 229 | |
35035bbf | 230 | --smtp-ssl-cert-path:: |
bcfe6f32 AW |
231 | Path to a store of trusted CA certificates for SMTP SSL/TLS |
232 | certificate validation (either a directory that has been processed | |
233 | by 'c_rehash', or a single file containing one or more PEM format | |
234 | certificates concatenated together: see verify(1) -CAfile and | |
235 | -CApath for more information on these). Set it to an empty string | |
236 | to disable certificate verification. Defaults to the value of the | |
ae9f6311 | 237 | `sendemail.smtpsslcertpath` configuration variable, if set, or the |
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238 | backing SSL library's compiled-in default otherwise (which should |
239 | be the best choice on most platforms). | |
35035bbf | 240 | |
4c0fe0af | 241 | --smtp-user=<user>:: |
ae9f6311 | 242 | Username for SMTP-AUTH. Default is the value of `sendemail.smtpUser`; |
bcf9626a | 243 | if a username is not specified (with `--smtp-user` or `sendemail.smtpUser`), |
3971a973 | 244 | then authentication is not attempted. |
2363d746 | 245 | |
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246 | --smtp-debug=0|1:: |
247 | Enable (1) or disable (0) debug output. If enabled, SMTP | |
248 | commands and replies will be printed. Useful to debug TLS | |
249 | connection and authentication problems. | |
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250 | |
251 | Automating | |
252 | ~~~~~~~~~~ | |
253 | ||
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254 | --to-cmd=<command>:: |
255 | Specify a command to execute once per patch file which | |
256 | should generate patch file specific "To:" entries. | |
257 | Output of this command must be single email address per line. | |
258 | Default is the value of 'sendemail.tocmd' configuration value. | |
259 | ||
4c0fe0af | 260 | --cc-cmd=<command>:: |
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261 | Specify a command to execute once per patch file which |
262 | should generate patch file specific "Cc:" entries. | |
263 | Output of this command must be single email address per line. | |
ae9f6311 | 264 | Default is the value of `sendemail.ccCmd` configuration value. |
917f3e73 | 265 | |
0fd41f2d | 266 | --[no-]chain-reply-to:: |
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267 | If this is set, each email will be sent as a reply to the previous |
268 | email sent. If disabled with "--no-chain-reply-to", all emails after | |
269 | the first will be sent as replies to the first email sent. When using | |
270 | this, it is recommended that the first file given be an overview of the | |
ae9f6311 | 271 | entire patch series. Disabled by default, but the `sendemail.chainReplyTo` |
41fe87fa | 272 | configuration variable can be used to enable it. |
917f3e73 | 273 | |
4c0fe0af | 274 | --identity=<identity>:: |
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275 | A configuration identity. When given, causes values in the |
276 | 'sendemail.<identity>' subsection to take precedence over | |
277 | values in the 'sendemail' section. The default identity is | |
ae9f6311 | 278 | the value of `sendemail.identity`. |
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279 | |
280 | --[no-]signed-off-by-cc:: | |
281 | If this is set, add emails found in Signed-off-by: or Cc: lines to the | |
ae9f6311 | 282 | cc list. Default is the value of `sendemail.signedoffbycc` configuration |
917f3e73 | 283 | value; if that is unspecified, default to --signed-off-by-cc. |
2718435b | 284 | |
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285 | --[no-]cc-cover:: |
286 | If this is set, emails found in Cc: headers in the first patch of | |
287 | the series (typically the cover letter) are added to the cc list | |
288 | for each email set. Default is the value of 'sendemail.cccover' | |
289 | configuration value; if that is unspecified, default to --no-cc-cover. | |
290 | ||
291 | --[no-]to-cover:: | |
292 | If this is set, emails found in To: headers in the first patch of | |
293 | the series (typically the cover letter) are added to the to list | |
294 | for each email set. Default is the value of 'sendemail.tocover' | |
295 | configuration value; if that is unspecified, default to --no-to-cover. | |
296 | ||
4c0fe0af | 297 | --suppress-cc=<category>:: |
65648283 | 298 | Specify an additional category of recipients to suppress the |
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299 | auto-cc of: |
300 | + | |
301 | -- | |
302 | - 'author' will avoid including the patch author | |
303 | - 'self' will avoid including the sender | |
304 | - 'cc' will avoid including anyone mentioned in Cc lines in the patch header | |
305 | except for self (use 'self' for that). | |
cb8a9bd5 | 306 | - 'bodycc' will avoid including anyone mentioned in Cc lines in the |
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307 | patch body (commit message) except for self (use 'self' for that). |
308 | - 'sob' will avoid including anyone mentioned in Signed-off-by lines except | |
309 | for self (use 'self' for that). | |
310 | - 'cccmd' will avoid running the --cc-cmd. | |
cb8a9bd5 | 311 | - 'body' is equivalent to 'sob' + 'bodycc' |
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312 | - 'all' will suppress all auto cc values. |
313 | -- | |
314 | + | |
ae9f6311 | 315 | Default is the value of `sendemail.suppresscc` configuration value; if |
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316 | that is unspecified, default to 'self' if --suppress-from is |
317 | specified, as well as 'body' if --no-signed-off-cc is specified. | |
65648283 | 318 | |
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319 | --[no-]suppress-from:: |
320 | If this is set, do not add the From: address to the cc: list. | |
ae9f6311 | 321 | Default is the value of `sendemail.suppressFrom` configuration |
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322 | value; if that is unspecified, default to --no-suppress-from. |
323 | ||
7ecbad91 | 324 | --[no-]thread:: |
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325 | If this is set, the In-Reply-To and References headers will be |
326 | added to each email sent. Whether each mail refers to the | |
327 | previous email (`deep` threading per 'git format-patch' | |
328 | wording) or to the first email (`shallow` threading) is | |
329 | governed by "--[no-]chain-reply-to". | |
330 | + | |
331 | If disabled with "--no-thread", those headers will not be added | |
332 | (unless specified with --in-reply-to). Default is the value of the | |
ae9f6311 | 333 | `sendemail.thread` configuration value; if that is unspecified, |
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334 | default to --thread. |
335 | + | |
336 | It is up to the user to ensure that no In-Reply-To header already | |
337 | exists when 'git send-email' is asked to add it (especially note that | |
338 | 'git format-patch' can be configured to do the threading itself). | |
339 | Failure to do so may not produce the expected result in the | |
340 | recipient's MUA. | |
e46f7a0e | 341 | |
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342 | |
343 | Administering | |
344 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | |
345 | ||
4c0fe0af | 346 | --confirm=<mode>:: |
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347 | Confirm just before sending: |
348 | + | |
349 | -- | |
350 | - 'always' will always confirm before sending | |
351 | - 'never' will never confirm before sending | |
352 | - 'cc' will confirm before sending when send-email has automatically | |
353 | added addresses from the patch to the Cc list | |
354 | - 'compose' will confirm before sending the first message when using --compose. | |
355 | - 'auto' is equivalent to 'cc' + 'compose' | |
356 | -- | |
357 | + | |
ae9f6311 | 358 | Default is the value of `sendemail.confirm` configuration value; if that |
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359 | is unspecified, default to 'auto' unless any of the suppress options |
360 | have been specified, in which case default to 'compose'. | |
361 | ||
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362 | --dry-run:: |
363 | Do everything except actually send the emails. | |
364 | ||
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365 | --[no-]format-patch:: |
366 | When an argument may be understood either as a reference or as a file name, | |
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367 | choose to understand it as a format-patch argument (`--format-patch`) |
368 | or as a file name (`--no-format-patch`). By default, when such a conflict | |
432b1282 MW |
369 | occurs, git send-email will fail. |
370 | ||
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371 | --quiet:: |
372 | Make git-send-email less verbose. One line per email should be | |
373 | all that is output. | |
03044a98 | 374 | |
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375 | --[no-]validate:: |
376 | Perform sanity checks on patches. | |
7ecbad91 MW |
377 | Currently, validation means the following: |
378 | + | |
379 | -- | |
380 | * Warn of patches that contain lines longer than 998 characters; this | |
381 | is due to SMTP limits as described by http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2821.txt. | |
382 | -- | |
dbf5e1e9 | 383 | + |
ae9f6311 | 384 | Default is the value of `sendemail.validate`; if this is not set, |
bcf9626a | 385 | default to `--validate`. |
7ecbad91 | 386 | |
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387 | --force:: |
388 | Send emails even if safety checks would prevent it. | |
389 | ||
a6d62cdd | 390 | |
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391 | Information |
392 | ~~~~~~~~~~~ | |
393 | ||
394 | --dump-aliases:: | |
395 | Instead of the normal operation, dump the shorthand alias names from | |
396 | the configured alias file(s), one per line in alphabetical order. Note, | |
397 | this only includes the alias name and not its expanded email addresses. | |
398 | See 'sendemail.aliasesfile' for more information about aliases. | |
399 | ||
400 | ||
fc095242 AK |
401 | CONFIGURATION |
402 | ------------- | |
917f3e73 | 403 | |
da0005b8 | 404 | sendemail.aliasesFile:: |
fc095242 | 405 | To avoid typing long email addresses, point this to one or more |
ae9f6311 | 406 | email aliases files. You must also supply `sendemail.aliasFileType`. |
fc095242 | 407 | |
da0005b8 NTND |
408 | sendemail.aliasFileType:: |
409 | Format of the file(s) specified in sendemail.aliasesFile. Must be | |
3169e06d AH |
410 | one of 'mutt', 'mailrc', 'pine', 'elm', or 'gnus', or 'sendmail'. |
411 | + | |
412 | What an alias file in each format looks like can be found in | |
413 | the documentation of the email program of the same name. The | |
414 | differences and limitations from the standard formats are | |
415 | described below: | |
416 | + | |
417 | -- | |
418 | sendmail;; | |
419 | * Quoted aliases and quoted addresses are not supported: lines that | |
420 | contain a `"` symbol are ignored. | |
5c3494ed ES |
421 | * Redirection to a file (`/path/name`) or pipe (`|command`) is not |
422 | supported. | |
423 | * File inclusion (`:include: /path/name`) is not supported. | |
3169e06d AH |
424 | * Warnings are printed on the standard error output for any |
425 | explicitly unsupported constructs, and any other lines that are not | |
426 | recognized by the parser. | |
427 | -- | |
fc095242 | 428 | |
da0005b8 | 429 | sendemail.multiEdit:: |
8fd5bb7f | 430 | If true (default), a single editor instance will be spawned to edit |
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431 | files you have to edit (patches when `--annotate` is used, and the |
432 | summary when `--compose` is used). If false, files will be edited one | |
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433 | after the other, spawning a new editor each time. |
434 | ||
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435 | sendemail.confirm:: |
436 | Sets the default for whether to confirm before sending. Must be | |
bcf9626a | 437 | one of 'always', 'never', 'cc', 'compose', or 'auto'. See `--confirm` |
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438 | in the previous section for the meaning of these values. |
439 | ||
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440 | EXAMPLE |
441 | ------- | |
2b873e06 | 442 | Use gmail as the smtp server |
36c10e6d JN |
443 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
444 | To use 'git send-email' to send your patches through the GMail SMTP server, | |
445 | edit ~/.gitconfig to specify your account settings: | |
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446 | |
447 | [sendemail] | |
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448 | smtpEncryption = tls |
449 | smtpServer = smtp.gmail.com | |
450 | smtpUser = yourname@gmail.com | |
451 | smtpServerPort = 587 | |
2b873e06 | 452 | |
1df036ea | 453 | If you have multifactor authentication setup on your gmail account, you will |
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454 | need to generate an app-specific password for use with 'git send-email'. Visit |
455 | https://security.google.com/settings/security/apppasswords to setup an | |
456 | app-specific password. Once setup, you can store it with the credentials | |
457 | helper: | |
458 | ||
459 | $ git credential fill | |
460 | protocol=smtp | |
461 | host=smtp.gmail.com | |
462 | username=youname@gmail.com | |
463 | password=app-password | |
464 | ||
465 | ||
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466 | Once your commits are ready to be sent to the mailing list, run the |
467 | following commands: | |
468 | ||
469 | $ git format-patch --cover-letter -M origin/master -o outgoing/ | |
470 | $ edit outgoing/0000-* | |
471 | $ git send-email outgoing/* | |
472 | ||
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473 | Note: the following perl modules are required |
474 | Net::SMTP::SSL, MIME::Base64 and Authen::SASL | |
475 | ||
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476 | SEE ALSO |
477 | -------- | |
478 | linkgit:git-format-patch[1], linkgit:git-imap-send[1], mbox(5) | |
479 | ||
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480 | GIT |
481 | --- | |
9e1f0a85 | 482 | Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite |