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diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt index a2763bd74f..b95e33db52 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt @@ -21,35 +21,37 @@ 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. +OPTIONS +------- The options available are: - --to +--to:: Specify the primary recipient of the emails generated. Generally, this will be the upstream maintainer of the project involved. - --from +--from:: 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. - --compose +--compose:: Use \$EDITOR to edit an introductory message for the patch series. - --subject +--subject:: Specify the initial subject of the email thread. Only necessary if --compose is also set. If --compose is not set, this will be prompted for. - --in-reply-to +--in-reply-to:: Specify the contents of the first In-Reply-To header. Subsequent emails will refer to the previous email instead of this if --chain-reply-to is set (the default) Only necessary if --compose is also set. If --compose is not set, this will be prompted for. - --chain-reply-to, --no-chain-reply-to +--chain-reply-to, --no-chain-reply-to:: If this is set, each email will be sent as a reply to the previous email sent. If disabled with "--no-chain-reply-to", all emails after the first will be sent as replies to the first email sent. When using @@ -57,7 +59,7 @@ The options available are: entire patch series. Default is --chain-reply-to - --smtp-server +--smtp-server:: If set, specifies the outgoing SMTP server to use. Defaults to localhost. |