Documentation/git-send-email.txt

   1 git-send-email(1)
   2 =================
   3
   4 NAME
   5 ----
   6 git-send-email - Send a collection of patches as emails
   7
   8
   9 SYNOPSIS
  10 --------
  11 'git-send-email' [options] <file|directory> [... file|directory]
  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
  23 OPTIONS
  24 -------
  25 The options available are:
  26
  27 --bcc::
  28         Specify a "Bcc:" value for each email.
  29
  30         The --bcc option must be repeated for each user you want on the bcc list.
  31
  32 --cc::
  33         Specify a starting "Cc:" value for each email.
  34
  35         The --cc option must be repeated for each user you want on the cc list.
  36
  37 --chain-reply-to, --no-chain-reply-to::
  38         If this is set, each email will be sent as a reply to the previous
  39         email sent.  If disabled with "--no-chain-reply-to", all emails after
  40         the first will be sent as replies to the first email sent.  When using
  41         this, it is recommended that the first file given be an overview of the
  42         entire patch series.
  43         Default is --chain-reply-to
  44
  45 --compose::
  46         Use $EDITOR to edit an introductory message for the
  47         patch series.
  48
  49 --from::
  50         Specify the sender of the emails.  This will default to
  51         the value GIT_COMMITTER_IDENT, as returned by "git-var -l".
  52         The user will still be prompted to confirm this entry.
  53
  54 --in-reply-to::
  55         Specify the contents of the first In-Reply-To header.
  56         Subsequent emails will refer to the previous email
  57         instead of this if --chain-reply-to is set (the default)
  58         Only necessary if --compose is also set.  If --compose
  59         is not set, this will be prompted for.
  60
  61 --no-signed-off-by-cc::
  62         Do not add emails found in Signed-off-by: lines to the cc list.
  63
  64 --quiet::
  65         Make git-send-email less verbose.  One line per email should be
  66         all that is output.
  67
  68 --smtp-server::
  69         If set, specifies the outgoing SMTP server to use.  Defaults to
  70         localhost.
  71
  72 --subject::
  73         Specify the initial subject of the email thread.
  74         Only necessary if --compose is also set.  If --compose
  75         is not set, this will be prompted for.
  76
  77 --suppress-from::
  78         Do not add the From: address to the cc: list, if it shows up in a From:
  79         line.
  80
  81 --to::
  82         Specify the primary recipient of the emails generated.
  83         Generally, this will be the upstream maintainer of the
  84         project involved.
  85
  86         The --to option must be repeated for each user you want on the to list.
  87
  88
  89 Author
  90 ------
  91 Written by Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com>
  92
  93 git-send-email is originally based upon
  94 send_lots_of_email.pl by Greg Kroah-Hartman.
  95
  96 Documentation
  97 --------------
  98 Documentation by Ryan Anderson
  99
 100 GIT
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 102 Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
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