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authorLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2009-05-31 16:16:52 -0700
committerLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2009-05-31 16:16:52 -0700
commit06676213d206b7e1eb8f2eea16cca7239a5e0edc (patch)
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parentMerge branch 'cc/bisect' (early part) (diff)
parentsend-email: Remove superfluous `my $editor = ...' (diff)
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Merge branch 'mw/send-email'
* mw/send-email: send-email: Remove superfluous `my $editor = ...' send-email: 'References:' should only reference what is sent send-email: Handle "GIT:" rather than "GIT: " during --compose Docs: send-email: --smtp-server-port can take symbolic ports Docs: send-email: Refer to CONFIGURATION section for sendemail.multiedit Docs: send-email: Put options back into alphabetical order
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
index f940770279..7c5ce415c7 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ OPTIONS
Composing
~~~~~~~~~
+--annotate::
+ Review and edit each patch you're about to send. See the
+ CONFIGURATION section for 'sendemail.multiedit'.
+
--bcc=<address>::
Specify a "Bcc:" value for each email. Default is the value of
'sendemail.bcc'.
@@ -51,11 +55,6 @@ The --bcc option must be repeated for each user you want on the bcc list.
+
The --cc option must be repeated for each user you want on the cc list.
---annotate::
- Review each patch you're about to send in an editor. The setting
- 'sendemail.multiedit' defines if this will spawn one editor per patch
- or one for all of them at once.
-
--compose::
Use $GIT_EDITOR, core.editor, $VISUAL, or $EDITOR to edit an
introductory message for the patch series.
@@ -67,6 +66,8 @@ In-Reply-To headers specified in the message. If the body of the message
and In-Reply-To headers will be used unless they are removed.
+
Missing From or In-Reply-To headers will be prompted for.
++
+See the CONFIGURATION section for 'sendemail.multiedit'.
--from=<address>::
Specify the sender of the emails. If not specified on the command line,
@@ -138,7 +139,9 @@ user is prompted for a password while the input is masked for privacy.
--smtp-server-port=<port>::
Specifies a port different from the default port (SMTP
servers typically listen to smtp port 25 and ssmtp port
- 465). This can be set with 'sendemail.smtpserverport'.
+ 465); symbolic port names (e.g. "submission" instead of 465)
+ are also accepted. The port can also be set with the
+ 'sendemail.smtpserverport' configuration variable.
--smtp-ssl::
Legacy alias for '--smtp-encryption ssl'.
@@ -233,6 +236,12 @@ have been specified, in which case default to 'compose'.
--dry-run::
Do everything except actually send the emails.
+--[no-]format-patch::
+ When an argument may be understood either as a reference or as a file name,
+ choose to understand it as a format-patch argument ('--format-patch')
+ or as a file name ('--no-format-patch'). By default, when such a conflict
+ occurs, git send-email will fail.
+
--quiet::
Make git-send-email less verbose. One line per email should be
all that is output.
@@ -249,12 +258,6 @@ have been specified, in which case default to 'compose'.
Default is the value of 'sendemail.validate'; if this is not set,
default to '--validate'.
---[no-]format-patch::
- When an argument may be understood either as a reference or as a file name,
- choose to understand it as a format-patch argument ('--format-patch')
- or as a file name ('--no-format-patch'). By default, when such a conflict
- occurs, git send-email will fail.
-
CONFIGURATION
-------------