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@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ This is what linkgit:git-format-patch[1] generates. Most headers and MIME
formatting are ignored.
2. The original format used by Greg Kroah-Hartman's 'send_lots_of_email.pl'
-script
+ script
+
This format expects the first line of the file to contain the "Cc:" value
and the "Subject:" of the message as the second line.
@@ -278,6 +278,14 @@ must be used for each option.
Automating
~~~~~~~~~~
+--no-[to|cc|bcc]::
+ Clears any list of "To:", "Cc:", "Bcc:" addresses previously
+ set via config.
+
+--no-identity::
+ Clears the previously read value of `sendemail.identity` set
+ via config, if any.
+
--to-cmd=<command>::
Specify a command to execute once per patch file which
should generate patch file specific "To:" entries.
@@ -478,11 +486,13 @@ Use gmail as the smtp server
To use 'git send-email' to send your patches through the GMail SMTP server,
edit ~/.gitconfig to specify your account settings:
- [sendemail]
- smtpEncryption = tls
- smtpServer = smtp.gmail.com
- smtpUser = yourname@gmail.com
- smtpServerPort = 587
+----
+[sendemail]
+ smtpEncryption = tls
+ smtpServer = smtp.gmail.com
+ smtpUser = yourname@gmail.com
+ smtpServerPort = 587
+----
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
@@ -500,8 +510,12 @@ 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
+Note: the following core Perl modules that may be installed with your
+distribution of Perl are required:
+MIME::Base64, MIME::QuotedPrint, Net::Domain and Net::SMTP.
+These additional Perl modules are also required:
+Authen::SASL and Mail::Address.
+
SEE ALSO
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