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diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt index 3290043053..30deb7fe2a 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt @@ -68,11 +68,12 @@ This option may be specified multiple times. Invoke a text editor (see GIT_EDITOR in linkgit:git-var[1]) to edit an introductory message for the patch series. + -When `--compose` is used, git send-email will use the From, Subject, and -In-Reply-To headers specified in the message. If the body of the message -(what you type after the headers and a blank line) only contains blank -(or Git: prefixed) lines, the summary won't be sent, but From, Subject, -and In-Reply-To headers will be used unless they are removed. +When `--compose` is used, git send-email will use the From, To, Cc, Bcc, +Subject, Reply-To, and In-Reply-To headers specified in the message. If +the body of the message (what you type after the headers and a blank +line) only contains blank (or Git: prefixed) lines, the summary won't be +sent, but the headers mentioned above will be used unless they are +removed. + Missing From or In-Reply-To headers will be prompted for. + @@ -93,7 +94,7 @@ See the CONFIGURATION section for `sendemail.multiEdit`. --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 + reply to the given Message-ID, which avoids breaking threads to provide a new patch series. The second and subsequent emails will be sent as replies according to the `--[no-]chain-reply-to` setting. @@ -178,9 +179,18 @@ Sending 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 - `sendemail.smtpEncryption`. + Specify in what way encrypting begins for the SMTP connection. + Valid values are 'ssl' and 'tls'. Any other value reverts to plain + (unencrypted) SMTP, which defaults to port 25. + Despite the names, both values will use the same newer version of TLS, + but for historic reasons have these names. 'ssl' refers to "implicit" + encryption (sometimes called SMTPS), that uses port 465 by default. + 'tls' refers to "explicit" encryption (often known as STARTTLS), + that uses port 25 by default. Other ports might be used by the SMTP + server, which are not the default. Commonly found alternative port for + 'tls' and unencrypted is 587. You need to check your provider's + documentation or your server configuration to make sure + for your own case. Default is the value of `sendemail.smtpEncryption`. --smtp-domain=<FQDN>:: Specifies the Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) used in the @@ -311,6 +321,17 @@ Automating Output of this command must be single email address per line. Default is the value of `sendemail.ccCmd` configuration value. +--header-cmd=<command>:: + Specify a command that is executed once per outgoing message + and output RFC 2822 style header lines to be inserted into + them. When the `sendemail.headerCmd` configuration variable is + set, its value is always used. When --header-cmd is provided + at the command line, its value takes precedence over the + `sendemail.headerCmd` configuration variable. + +--no-header-cmd:: + Disable any header command in use. + --[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 @@ -433,7 +454,7 @@ have been specified, in which case default to 'compose'. 998 characters unless a suitable transfer encoding ('auto', 'base64', or 'quoted-printable') is used; this is due to SMTP limits as described by - http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc5322.txt. + https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc5322.txt. -- + Default is the value of `sendemail.validate`; if this is not set, @@ -448,8 +469,8 @@ Information --dump-aliases:: Instead of the normal operation, dump the shorthand alias names from - the configured alias file(s), one per line in alphabetical order. Note, - this only includes the alias name and not its expanded email addresses. + the configured alias file(s), one per line in alphabetical order. Note + that this only includes the alias name and not its expanded email addresses. See 'sendemail.aliasesfile' for more information about aliases. @@ -475,14 +496,10 @@ edit ~/.gitconfig to specify your account settings: smtpServerPort = 587 ---- -If you have multi-factor authentication set up on your Gmail account, you will -need to generate an app-specific password for use with 'git send-email'. Visit +If you have multi-factor authentication set up on your Gmail account, you can +generate an app-specific password for use with 'git send-email'. Visit https://security.google.com/settings/security/apppasswords to create it. -If you do not have multi-factor authentication set up on your Gmail account, -you will need to allow less secure app access. Visit -https://myaccount.google.com/lesssecureapps to enable it. - Once your commits are ready to be sent to the mailing list, run the following commands: |