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+++ b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ git-send-email - Send a collection of patches as emails
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git send-email' [<options>] <file|directory|rev-list options>...
+'git send-email' [<options>] <file|directory>...
+'git send-email' [<options>] <format-patch options>
'git send-email' --dump-aliases
@@ -19,7 +20,8 @@ Takes the patches given on the command line and emails them out.
Patches can be specified as files, directories (which will send all
files in the directory), or directly as a revision list. In the
last case, any format accepted by linkgit:git-format-patch[1] can
-be passed to git send-email.
+be passed to git send-email, as well as options understood by
+linkgit:git-format-patch[1].
The header of the email is configurable via command-line options. If not
specified on the command line, the user will be prompted with a ReadLine
@@ -167,6 +169,14 @@ Sending
`sendemail.envelopeSender` configuration variable; if that is
unspecified, choosing the envelope sender is left to your MTA.
+--sendmail-cmd=<command>::
+ Specify a command to run to send the email. The command should
+ be sendmail-like; specifically, it must support the `-i` option.
+ The command will be executed in the shell if necessary. Default
+ is the value of `sendemail.sendmailcmd`. If unspecified, and if
+ --smtp-server is also unspecified, git-send-email will search
+ for `sendmail` in `/usr/sbin`, `/usr/lib` and $PATH.
+
--smtp-encryption=<encryption>::
Specify the encryption to use, either 'ssl' or 'tls'. Any other
value reverts to plain SMTP. Default is the value of
@@ -211,13 +221,16 @@ a password is obtained using 'git-credential'.
--smtp-server=<host>::
If set, specifies the outgoing SMTP server to use (e.g.
- `smtp.example.com` or a raw IP address). Alternatively it can
- 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 to search for `sendmail` in
- `/usr/sbin`, `/usr/lib` and $PATH if such program is
- available, falling back to `localhost` otherwise.
+ `smtp.example.com` or a raw IP address). If unspecified, and if
+ `--sendmail-cmd` is also unspecified, the default is to search
+ for `sendmail` in `/usr/sbin`, `/usr/lib` and $PATH if such a
+ program is available, falling back to `localhost` otherwise.
++
+For backward compatibility, this option can also specify a full pathname
+of a sendmail-like program instead; the program must support the `-i`
+option. This method does not support passing arguments or using plain
+command names. For those use cases, consider using `--sendmail-cmd`
+instead.
--smtp-server-port=<port>::
Specifies a port different from the default port (SMTP