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diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt index ff4aeff4e6..66bf3b2fcd 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt @@ -19,6 +19,19 @@ The header of the email is configurable by command line options. If not specified on the command line, the user will be prompted with a ReadLine enabled interface to provide the necessary information. +There are two formats accepted for patch files: + +1. mbox format files ++ +This is what linkgit:git-format-patch[1] generates. Most headers and MIME +formatting are ignored. + +2. The original format used by Greg Kroah-Hartman's 'send_lots_of_email.pl' +script ++ +This format expects the first line of the file to contain the "Cc:" value +and the "Subject:" of the message as the second line. + OPTIONS ------- |