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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-send-email.txt | 9 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt index 794224b1b3..f940770279 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt @@ -69,9 +69,12 @@ and In-Reply-To headers will be used unless they are removed. Missing From or In-Reply-To headers will be prompted for. --from=<address>:: - Specify the sender of the emails. This will default to - the value GIT_COMMITTER_IDENT, as returned by "git var -l". - The user will still be prompted to confirm this entry. + Specify the sender of the emails. If not specified on the command line, + the value of the 'sendemail.from' configuration option is used. If + neither the command line option nor 'sendemail.from' are set, then the + user will be prompted for the value. The default for the prompt will be + the value of GIT_AUTHOR_IDENT, or GIT_COMMITTER_IDENT if that is not + set, as returned by "git var -l". --in-reply-to=<identifier>:: Specify the contents of the first In-Reply-To header. |