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-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-send-email.txt8
-rwxr-xr-xgit-send-email.perl3
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
index ec0e20182b..4c8d907bd5 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
@@ -68,9 +68,11 @@ The options available are:
--smtp-server::
If set, specifies the outgoing SMTP server to use. A full
pathname of a sendmail-like program can be specified instead;
- the program must support the `-i` option. Defaults to
- `/usr/sbin/sendmail` or `/usr/lib/sendmail` if such program is
- available, or to `localhost` otherwise.
+ the program must support the `-i` option. Default value can
+ be specified by the 'sendemail.smtpserver' configuration
+ option; the built-in default is `/usr/sbin/sendmail` or
+ `/usr/lib/sendmail` if such program is available, or
+ `localhost` otherwise.
--subject::
Specify the initial subject of the email thread.
diff --git a/git-send-email.perl b/git-send-email.perl
index c42dc3bc94..4c87c20c15 100755
--- a/git-send-email.perl
+++ b/git-send-email.perl
@@ -231,6 +231,9 @@ if (!defined $initial_reply_to && $prompting) {
}
if (!$smtp_server) {
+ $smtp_server = $repo->config('sendemail.smtpserver');
+}
+if (!$smtp_server) {
foreach (qw( /usr/sbin/sendmail /usr/lib/sendmail )) {
if (-x $_) {
$smtp_server = $_;