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diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt index 9d66166f69..71ef97ba9b 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt @@ -84,6 +84,11 @@ See the CONFIGURATION section for `sendemail.multiEdit`. the value of GIT_AUTHOR_IDENT, or GIT_COMMITTER_IDENT if that is not set, as returned by "git var -l". +--reply-to=<address>:: + Specify the address where replies from recipients should go to. + Use this if replies to messages should go to another address than what + is specified with the --from parameter. + --in-reply-to=<identifier>:: Make the first mail (or all the mails with `--no-thread`) appear as a reply to the given Message-Id, which avoids breaking threads to @@ -203,9 +208,9 @@ a password is obtained using 'git-credential'. specify a full pathname of a sendmail-like program instead; the program must support the `-i` option. Default value can be specified by the `sendemail.smtpServer` configuration - option; the built-in default is `/usr/sbin/sendmail` or - `/usr/lib/sendmail` if such program is available, or - `localhost` otherwise. + option; the built-in default is to search for `sendmail` in + `/usr/sbin`, `/usr/lib` and $PATH if such program is + available, falling back to `localhost` otherwise. --smtp-server-port=<port>:: Specifies a port different from the default port (SMTP @@ -248,6 +253,21 @@ must be used for each option. commands and replies will be printed. Useful to debug TLS connection and authentication problems. +--batch-size=<num>:: + Some email servers (e.g. smtp.163.com) limit the number emails to be + sent per session (connection) and this will lead to a faliure when + sending many messages. With this option, send-email will disconnect after + sending $<num> messages and wait for a few seconds (see --relogin-delay) + and reconnect, to work around such a limit. You may want to + use some form of credential helper to avoid having to retype + your password every time this happens. Defaults to the + `sendemail.smtpBatchSize` configuration variable. + +--relogin-delay=<int>:: + Waiting $<int> seconds before reconnecting to SMTP server. Used together + with --batch-size option. Defaults to the `sendemail.smtpReloginDelay` + configuration variable. + Automating ~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -377,6 +397,7 @@ have been specified, in which case default to 'compose'. Currently, validation means the following: + -- + * Invoke the sendemail-validate hook if present (see linkgit:githooks[5]). * Warn of patches that contain lines longer than 998 characters; this is due to SMTP limits as described by http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2821.txt. -- |