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diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt index 00bfc815b6..d85b878139 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt @@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ This option may be specified multiple times. Invoke a text editor (see GIT_EDITOR in linkgit:git-var[1]) to edit an introductory message for the patch series. + -When '--compose' is used, git send-email will use the From, Subject, and +When `--compose` is used, git send-email will use the From, Subject, and In-Reply-To headers specified in the message. If the body of the message (what you type after the headers and a blank line) only contains blank (or Git: prefixed) lines, the summary won't be sent, but From, Subject, @@ -182,19 +182,19 @@ $ 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 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 the password. Default is the value of `sendemail.smtpPass`, - however '--smtp-pass' always overrides this value. + however `--smtp-pass` always overrides this value. + Furthermore, passwords need not be specified in configuration files or on the command line. If a username has been specified (with -'--smtp-user' or a `sendemail.smtpUser`), but no password has been -specified (with '--smtp-pass' or `sendemail.smtpPass`), then +`--smtp-user` or a `sendemail.smtpUser`), but no password has been +specified (with `--smtp-pass` or `sendemail.smtpPass`), then a password is obtained using 'git-credential'. --smtp-server=<host>:: @@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ must be used for each option. --smtp-user=<user>:: Username for SMTP-AUTH. Default is the value of `sendemail.smtpUser`; - if a username is not specified (with '--smtp-user' or `sendemail.smtpUser`), + if a username is not specified (with `--smtp-user` or `sendemail.smtpUser`), then authentication is not attempted. --smtp-debug=0|1:: @@ -364,8 +364,8 @@ have been specified, in which case default to 'compose'. --[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 + 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. --quiet:: @@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ have been specified, in which case default to 'compose'. -- + Default is the value of `sendemail.validate`; if this is not set, -default to '--validate'. +default to `--validate`. --force:: Send emails even if safety checks would prevent it. @@ -428,13 +428,13 @@ sendmail;; 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 + 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. sendemail.confirm:: Sets the default for whether to confirm before sending. Must be - one of 'always', 'never', 'cc', 'compose', or 'auto'. See '--confirm' + one of 'always', 'never', 'cc', 'compose', or 'auto'. See `--confirm` in the previous section for the meaning of these values. EXAMPLE |