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diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt index 82f505686e..b69846e522 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-send-email - Send a collection of patches as emails SYNOPSIS -------- -'git send-email' [options] <file|directory> [... file|directory] +'git send-email' [options] <file|directory|rev-list options>... DESCRIPTION @@ -37,9 +37,23 @@ 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. ++ +When '--compose' is used, git send-email gets less interactive will use the +values of the headers you set there. If the body of the email (what you type +after the headers and a blank line) only contains blank (or GIT: prefixed) +lines, the summary won't be sent, but git-send-email will still use the +Headers values if you don't removed them. ++ +If it wasn't able to see a header in the summary it will ask you about it +interactively after quitting your editor. --from:: Specify the sender of the emails. This will default to @@ -192,6 +206,12 @@ Administering 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 ------------- @@ -204,6 +224,12 @@ sendemail.aliasfiletype:: Format of the file(s) specified in sendemail.aliasesfile. Must be one of 'mutt', 'mailrc', 'pine', or 'gnus'. +sendemail.multiedit:: + If true (default), a single editor instance will be spawned to edit + files you have to edit (patches when '--annotate' is used, and the + summary when '--compose' is used). If false, files will be edited one + after the other, spawning a new editor each time. + Author ------ |