git send-email: ask less questions when --compose is used.

[thirdparty/git.git] / Documentation / git-send-email.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
index 66d5f4cddc6ccb71ebc9a53c5c513790246103ac..acf8bf41d6d68ff991f552b5010628cd26a0ac6d 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
@@ -45,6 +45,15 @@ The --cc option must be repeated for each user you want on the cc list.
 --compose::
        Use $GIT_EDITOR, core.editor, $VISUAL, or $EDITOR to edit an
        introductory message for the patch series.
++
+When compose is in used, git send-email gets less interactive will use the
+values of the headers you set there. If the body of the email (what you type
+after the headers and a blank line) only contains blank (or GIT: prefixed)
+lines, the summary won't be sent, but git-send-email will still use the
+Headers values if you don't removed them.
++
+If it wasn't able to see a header in the summary it will ask you about it
+interactively after quitting your editor.
 
 --from::
        Specify the sender of the emails.  This will default to