Documentation/git-send-email.txt

   1 git-send-email(1)
   2 =================
   3 v0.1, July 2005
   4
   5 NAME
   6 ----
   7 git-send-email - Send a collection of patches as emails
   8
   9
  10 SYNOPSIS
  11 --------
  12 'git-send-email' [options] <file|directory> [... file|directory]
  13
  14
  15
  16 DESCRIPTION
  17 -----------
  18 Takes the patches given on the command line and emails them out.
  19
  20 The header of the email is configurable by command line options.  If not
  21 specified on the command line, the user will be prompted with a ReadLine
  22 enabled interface to provide the necessary information.
  23
  24 The options available are:
  25
  26   --to
  27         Specify the primary recipient of the emails generated.
  28         Generally, this will be the upstream maintainer of the
  29         project involved.
  30
  31    --from
  32         Specify the sender of the emails.  This will default to
  33         the value GIT_COMMITTER_IDENT, as returned by "git-var -l".
  34         The user will still be prompted to confirm this entry.
  35
  36    --compose
  37         Use \$EDITOR to edit an introductory message for the
  38         patch series.
  39
  40    --subject
  41         Specify the initial subject of the email thread.
  42         Only necessary if --compose is also set.  If --compose
  43         is not set, this will be prompted for.
  44
  45    --in-reply-to
  46         Specify the contents of the first In-Reply-To header.
  47         Subsequent emails will refer to the previous email
  48         instead of this if --chain-reply-to is set (the default)
  49         Only necessary if --compose is also set.  If --compose
  50         is not set, this will be prompted for.
  51
  52    --chain-reply-to, --no-chain-reply-to
  53         If this is set, each email will be sent as a reply to the previous
  54         email sent.  If disabled with "--no-chain-reply-to", all emails after
  55         the first will be sent as replies to the first email sent.  When using
  56         this, it is recommended that the first file given be an overview of the
  57         entire patch series.
  58         Default is --chain-reply-to
  59
  60    --smtp-server
  61         If set, specifies the outgoing SMTP server to use.  Defaults to
  62         localhost.
  63
  64
  65 Author
  66 ------
  67 Written by Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com>
  68
  69 git-send-email is originally based upon
  70 send_lots_of_email.pl by Greg Kroah-Hartman.
  71
  72 Documentation
  73 --------------
  74 Documentation by Ryan Anderson
  75
  76 GIT
  77 ---
  78 Part of the link:git.html[git] suite
  79