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diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt index 804554609d..771a7b5b09 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] 'git send-email' [options] <file|directory|rev-list options>... +'git send-email' --dump-aliases DESCRIPTION @@ -49,17 +50,17 @@ Composing of 'sendemail.annotate'. See the CONFIGURATION section for 'sendemail.multiEdit'. ---bcc=<address>:: +--bcc=<address>,...:: Specify a "Bcc:" value for each email. Default is the value of 'sendemail.bcc'. + -The --bcc option must be repeated for each user you want on the bcc list. +This option may be specified multiple times. ---cc=<address>:: +--cc=<address>,...:: Specify a starting "Cc:" value for each email. Default is the value of 'sendemail.cc'. + -The --cc option must be repeated for each user you want on the cc list. +This option may be specified multiple times. --compose:: Invoke a text editor (see GIT_EDITOR in linkgit:git-var[1]) @@ -110,13 +111,13 @@ is not set, this will be prompted for. Only necessary if --compose is also set. If --compose is not set, this will be prompted for. ---to=<address>:: +--to=<address>,...:: Specify the primary recipient of the emails generated. Generally, this will be the upstream maintainer of the project involved. Default is the value of the 'sendemail.to' configuration value; if that is unspecified, and --to-cmd is not specified, this will be prompted for. + -The --to option must be repeated for each user you want on the to list. +This option may be specified multiple times. --8bit-encoding=<encoding>:: When encountering a non-ASCII message or subject that does not @@ -171,6 +172,19 @@ Sending to determine your FQDN automatically. Default is the value of 'sendemail.smtpDomain'. +--smtp-auth=<mechanisms>:: + Whitespace-separated list of allowed SMTP-AUTH mechanisms. This setting + forces using only the listed mechanisms. Example: ++ +------ +$ git send-email --smtp-auth="PLAIN LOGIN GSSAPI" ... +------ ++ +If at least one of the specified mechanisms matches the ones advertised by the +SMTP server and if it is supported by the utilized SASL library, the mechanism +is used for authentication. If neither 'sendemail.smtpAuth' nor '--smtp-auth' +is specified, all mechanisms supported by the SASL library can be used. + --smtp-pass[=<password>]:: Password for SMTP-AUTH. The argument is optional: If no argument is specified, then the empty string is used as @@ -374,6 +388,16 @@ default to '--validate'. Send emails even if safety checks would prevent it. +Information +~~~~~~~~~~~ + +--dump-aliases:: + Instead of the normal operation, dump the shorthand alias names from + the configured alias file(s), one per line in alphabetical order. Note, + this only includes the alias name and not its expanded email addresses. + See 'sendemail.aliasesfile' for more information about aliases. + + CONFIGURATION ------------- @@ -383,7 +407,24 @@ 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. +* Redirection to a file (`/path/name`) or pipe (`|command`) is not + supported. +* File inclusion (`:include: /path/name`) is not supported. +* 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 |