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diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt index 804554609d..b48a764320 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt @@ -383,7 +383,23 @@ sendemail.aliasesFile:: sendemail.aliasFileType:: Format of the file(s) specified in sendemail.aliasesFile. Must be - one of 'mutt', 'mailrc', 'pine', 'elm', or 'gnus'. + one of 'mutt', 'mailrc', 'pine', 'elm', or 'gnus', or 'sendmail'. ++ +What an alias file in each format looks like can be found in +the documentation of the email program of the same name. The +differences and limitations from the standard formats are +described below: ++ +-- +sendmail;; +* Quoted aliases and quoted addresses are not supported: lines that + contain a `"` symbol are ignored. +* Line continuations are not supported: lines that start with + whitespace characters, or end with a `\` symbol are ignored. +* Warnings are printed on the standard error output for any + explicitly unsupported constructs, and any other lines that are not + recognized by the parser. +-- sendemail.multiEdit:: If true (default), a single editor instance will be spawned to edit |