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authorLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2009-12-06 22:40:16 -0800
committerLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2009-12-06 22:40:16 -0800
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* master: (334 commits) bash: update 'git commit' completion Git 1.6.5.5 Fix diff -B/--dirstat miscounting of newly added contents reset: improve worktree safety valves Documentation: Avoid use of xmlto --stringparam archive: clarify description of path parameter rerere: don't segfault on failure to open rr-cache Prepare for 1.6.5.5 gitweb: Describe (possible) gitweb.js minification in gitweb/README Documentation: xmlto 0.0.18 does not know --stringparam Fix crasher on encountering SHA1-like non-note in notes tree t9001: use older Getopt::Long boolean prefix '--no' rather than '--no-' t4201: use ISO8859-1 rather than ISO-8859-1 Git 1.6.5.4 Unconditionally set man.base.url.for.relative.links Documentation/Makefile: allow man.base.url.for.relative.link to be set from Make Git 1.6.6-rc1 git-pull.sh: Fix call to git-merge for new command format Prepare for 1.6.5.4 merge: do not add standard message when message is given with -m option ... Conflicts: Documentation/git-remote-helpers.txt Makefile builtin-ls-remote.c builtin-push.c transport-helper.c Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
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+++ b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ 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.
--compose::
- Use $GIT_EDITOR, core.editor, $VISUAL, or $EDITOR to edit an
- introductory message for the patch series.
+ Invoke a text editor (see GIT_EDITOR in linkgit:git-var[1])
+ to edit an introductory message for the patch series.
+
When '--compose' is used, git send-email will use the From, Subject, and
In-Reply-To headers specified in the message. If the body of the message
@@ -108,9 +108,10 @@ Sending
--envelope-sender=<address>::
Specify the envelope sender used to send the emails.
This is useful if your default address is not the address that is
- subscribed to a list. If you use the sendmail binary, you must have
- suitable privileges for the -f parameter. Default is the value of
- the 'sendemail.envelopesender' configuration variable; if that is
+ subscribed to a list. In order to use the 'From' address, set the
+ value to "auto". If you use the sendmail binary, you must have
+ suitable privileges for the -f parameter. Default is the value of the
+ 'sendemail.envelopesender' configuration variable; if that is
unspecified, choosing the envelope sender is left to your MTA.
--smtp-encryption=<encryption>::