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 --to::
  28         Specify the primary recipient of the emails generated.
  29         Generally, this will be the upstream maintainer of the
  30         project involved.
  31
  32 --from::
  33         Specify the sender of the emails.  This will default to
  34         the value GIT_COMMITTER_IDENT, as returned by "git-var -l".
  35         The user will still be prompted to confirm this entry.
  36
  37 --compose::
  38         Use \$EDITOR to edit an introductory message for the
  39         patch series.
  40
  41 --subject::
  42         Specify the initial subject of the email thread.
  43         Only necessary if --compose is also set.  If --compose
  44         is not set, this will be prompted for.
  45
  46 --in-reply-to::
  47         Specify the contents of the first In-Reply-To header.
  48         Subsequent emails will refer to the previous email
  49         instead of this if --chain-reply-to is set (the default)
  50         Only necessary if --compose is also set.  If --compose
  51         is not set, this will be prompted for.
  52
  53 --chain-reply-to, --no-chain-reply-to::
  54         If this is set, each email will be sent as a reply to the previous
  55         email sent.  If disabled with "--no-chain-reply-to", all emails after
  56         the first will be sent as replies to the first email sent.  When using
  57         this, it is recommended that the first file given be an overview of the
  58         entire patch series.
  59         Default is --chain-reply-to
  60
  61 --smtp-server::
  62         If set, specifies the outgoing SMTP server to use.  Defaults to
  63         localhost.
  64
  65
  66 Author
  67 ------
  68 Written by Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com>
  69
  70 git-send-email is originally based upon
  71 send_lots_of_email.pl by Greg Kroah-Hartman.
  72
  73 Documentation
  74 --------------
  75 Documentation by Ryan Anderson
  76
  77 GIT
  78 ---
  79 Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
  80