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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 | -------- | |
| 215a7ad1 | 11 | 'git-send-email' [options] <file|directory> [... file|directory] |
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12 | |
| 13 | ||
| 14 | ||
| 15 | DESCRIPTION | |
| 16 | ----------- | |
| 17 | Takes the patches given on the command line and emails them out. | |
| 18 | ||
| 19 | The header of the email is configurable by command line options. If not | |
| 20 | specified on the command line, the user will be prompted with a ReadLine | |
| 21 | enabled interface to provide the necessary information. | |
| 22 | ||
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23 | OPTIONS |
| 24 | ------- | |
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25 | The options available are: |
| 26 | ||
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27 | --cc:: |
| 28 | Specify a starting "Cc:" value for each email. | |
| 29 | ||
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30 | --chain-reply-to, --no-chain-reply-to:: |
| 31 | If this is set, each email will be sent as a reply to the previous | |
| 32 | email sent. If disabled with "--no-chain-reply-to", all emails after | |
| 33 | the first will be sent as replies to the first email sent. When using | |
| 34 | this, it is recommended that the first file given be an overview of the | |
| 35 | entire patch series. | |
| 36 | Default is --chain-reply-to | |
| 37 | ||
| 38 | --compose:: | |
| 39 | Use $EDITOR to edit an introductory message for the | |
| 40 | patch series. | |
| 479cec96 | 41 | |
| df8baa42 | 42 | --from:: |
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43 | Specify the sender of the emails. This will default to |
| 44 | the value GIT_COMMITTER_IDENT, as returned by "git-var -l". | |
| 45 | The user will still be prompted to confirm this entry. | |
| 46 | ||
| df8baa42 | 47 | --in-reply-to:: |
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48 | Specify the contents of the first In-Reply-To header. |
| 49 | Subsequent emails will refer to the previous email | |
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50 | instead of this if --chain-reply-to is set (the default) |
| 51 | Only necessary if --compose is also set. If --compose | |
| 52 | is not set, this will be prompted for. | |
| 479cec96 | 53 | |
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54 | --no-signed-off-by-cc:: |
| 55 | Do not add emails foudn in Signed-off-by: lines to the cc list. | |
| 56 | ||
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57 | --quiet:: |
| 58 | Make git-send-email less verbose. One line per email should be | |
| 59 | all that is output. | |
| a6d62cdd | 60 | |
| df8baa42 | 61 | --smtp-server:: |
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62 | If set, specifies the outgoing SMTP server to use. Defaults to |
| 63 | localhost. | |
| 64 | ||
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65 | --subject:: |
| 66 | Specify the initial subject of the email thread. | |
| 67 | Only necessary if --compose is also set. If --compose | |
| 68 | is not set, this will be prompted for. | |
| 69 | ||
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70 | --suppress-from:: |
| 71 | Do not add the From: address to the cc: list, if it shows up in a From: | |
| 72 | line. | |
| 73 | ||
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74 | --to:: |
| 75 | Specify the primary recipient of the emails generated. | |
| 76 | Generally, this will be the upstream maintainer of the | |
| 77 | project involved. | |
| 78 | ||
| a6d62cdd | 79 | |
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80 | Author |
| 81 | ------ | |
| 82 | Written by Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com> | |
| 83 | ||
| 215a7ad1 | 84 | git-send-email is originally based upon |
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85 | send_lots_of_email.pl by Greg Kroah-Hartman. |
| 86 | ||
| 87 | Documentation | |
| 88 | -------------- | |
| 89 | Documentation by Ryan Anderson | |
| 90 | ||
| 91 | GIT | |
| 92 | --- | |
| a7154e91 | 93 | Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite |
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