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diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt index 642d0ef199..4f3efde80c 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-send-email - Send a collection of patches as emails SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git send-email' [options] <file|directory|rev-list options>... +'git send-email' [<options>] <file|directory|rev-list options>... 'git send-email' --dump-aliases @@ -84,12 +84,17 @@ See the CONFIGURATION section for `sendemail.multiEdit`. the value of GIT_AUTHOR_IDENT, or GIT_COMMITTER_IDENT if that is not set, as returned by "git var -l". +--reply-to=<address>:: + Specify the address where replies from recipients should go to. + Use this if replies to messages should go to another address than what + is specified with the --from parameter. + --in-reply-to=<identifier>:: Make the first mail (or all the mails with `--no-thread`) appear as a reply to the given Message-Id, which avoids breaking threads to provide a new patch series. The second and subsequent emails will be sent as replies according to - the `--[no]-chain-reply-to` setting. + the `--[no-]chain-reply-to` setting. + So for example when `--thread` and `--no-chain-reply-to` are specified, the second and subsequent patches will be replies to the first one like in the @@ -203,9 +208,9 @@ a password is obtained using 'git-credential'. specify a full pathname of a sendmail-like program instead; 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. + option; the built-in default is to search for `sendmail` in + `/usr/sbin`, `/usr/lib` and $PATH if such program is + available, falling back to `localhost` otherwise. --smtp-server-port=<port>:: Specifies a port different from the default port (SMTP @@ -248,6 +253,21 @@ must be used for each option. commands and replies will be printed. Useful to debug TLS connection and authentication problems. +--batch-size=<num>:: + Some email servers (e.g. smtp.163.com) limit the number emails to be + sent per session (connection) and this will lead to a failure when + sending many messages. With this option, send-email will disconnect after + sending $<num> messages and wait for a few seconds (see --relogin-delay) + and reconnect, to work around such a limit. You may want to + use some form of credential helper to avoid having to retype + your password every time this happens. Defaults to the + `sendemail.smtpBatchSize` configuration variable. + +--relogin-delay=<int>:: + Waiting $<int> seconds before reconnecting to SMTP server. Used together + with --batch-size option. Defaults to the `sendemail.smtpReloginDelay` + configuration variable. + Automating ~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -377,6 +397,7 @@ have been specified, in which case default to 'compose'. Currently, validation means the following: + -- + * Invoke the sendemail-validate hook if present (see linkgit:githooks[5]). * Warn of patches that contain lines longer than 998 characters; this is due to SMTP limits as described by http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2821.txt. -- @@ -437,8 +458,8 @@ sendemail.confirm:: one of 'always', 'never', 'cc', 'compose', or 'auto'. See `--confirm` in the previous section for the meaning of these values. -EXAMPLE -------- +EXAMPLES +-------- Use gmail as the smtp server ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To use 'git send-email' to send your patches through the GMail SMTP server, @@ -452,16 +473,7 @@ edit ~/.gitconfig to specify your account settings: If you have multifactor authentication setup on your gmail account, you will need to generate an app-specific password for use with 'git send-email'. Visit -https://security.google.com/settings/security/apppasswords to setup an -app-specific password. Once setup, you can store it with the credentials -helper: - - $ git credential fill - protocol=smtp - host=smtp.gmail.com - username=youname@gmail.com - password=app-password - +https://security.google.com/settings/security/apppasswords to create it. Once your commits are ready to be sent to the mailing list, run the following commands: @@ -470,6 +482,11 @@ following commands: $ edit outgoing/0000-* $ git send-email outgoing/* +The first time you run it, you will be prompted for your credentials. Enter the +app-specific or your regular password as appropriate. If you have credential +helper configured (see linkgit:git-credential[1]), the password will be saved in +the credential store so you won't have to type it the next time. + Note: the following perl modules are required Net::SMTP::SSL, MIME::Base64 and Authen::SASL |