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259<title>git-send-email(1)</title>
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262<div id="header">
263<h1>
264git-send-email(1) Manual Page
265</h1>
266<h2>NAME</h2>
267<div class="sectionbody">
268<p>git-send-email -
269 Send a collection of patches as emails
270</p>
271</div>
272</div>
273<h2>SYNOPSIS</h2>
274<div class="sectionbody">
275<p><em>git-send-email</em> [options] &lt;file|directory&gt; [&#8230; file|directory]</p>
276</div>
277<h2>DESCRIPTION</h2>
278<div class="sectionbody">
279<p>Takes the patches given on the command line and emails them out.</p>
280<p>The header of the email is configurable by command line options. If not
281specified on the command line, the user will be prompted with a ReadLine
282enabled interface to provide the necessary information.</p>
283</div>
284<h2>OPTIONS</h2>
285<div class="sectionbody">
286<p>The options available are:</p>
287<dl>
288<dt>
Junio C Hamano97f518c2006-06-22 19:49:35[diff] [blame]289--bcc
290</dt>
291<dd>
292<p>
293 Specify a "Bcc:" value for each email.
294</p>
295<div class="literalblock">
296<div class="content">
297<pre><tt>The --bcc option must be repeated for each user you want on the bcc list.</tt></pre>
298</div></div>
299</dd>
300<dt>
Junio C Hamanoc9154122006-02-15 02:22:06[diff] [blame]301--cc
302</dt>
303<dd>
304<p>
305 Specify a starting "Cc:" value for each email.
306</p>
Junio C Hamano97f518c2006-06-22 19:49:35[diff] [blame]307<div class="literalblock">
308<div class="content">
309<pre><tt>The --cc option must be repeated for each user you want on the cc list.</tt></pre>
310</div></div>
Junio C Hamanoc9154122006-02-15 02:22:06[diff] [blame]311</dd>
312<dt>
Junio C Hamano86f75882006-02-06 02:27:23[diff] [blame]313--chain-reply-to, --no-chain-reply-to
Junio C Hamano1a4e8412005-12-27 08:17:23[diff] [blame]314</dt>
315<dd>
316<p>
Junio C Hamano86f75882006-02-06 02:27:23[diff] [blame]317 If this is set, each email will be sent as a reply to the previous
318 email sent. If disabled with "--no-chain-reply-to", all emails after
319 the first will be sent as replies to the first email sent. When using
320 this, it is recommended that the first file given be an overview of the
321 entire patch series.
322 Default is --chain-reply-to
323</p>
324</dd>
325<dt>
326--compose
327</dt>
328<dd>
329<p>
330 Use $EDITOR to edit an introductory message for the
331 patch series.
Junio C Hamano1a4e8412005-12-27 08:17:23[diff] [blame]332</p>
333</dd>
334<dt>
335--from
336</dt>
337<dd>
338<p>
339 Specify the sender of the emails. This will default to
340 the value GIT_COMMITTER_IDENT, as returned by "git-var -l".
341 The user will still be prompted to confirm this entry.
342</p>
343</dd>
344<dt>
Junio C Hamano1a4e8412005-12-27 08:17:23[diff] [blame]345--in-reply-to
346</dt>
347<dd>
348<p>
349 Specify the contents of the first In-Reply-To header.
350 Subsequent emails will refer to the previous email
351 instead of this if --chain-reply-to is set (the default)
352 Only necessary if --compose is also set. If --compose
353 is not set, this will be prompted for.
354</p>
355</dd>
356<dt>
Junio C Hamanoc9154122006-02-15 02:22:06[diff] [blame]357--no-signed-off-by-cc
358</dt>
359<dd>
360<p>
Junio C Hamano341071d2006-06-04 07:24:48[diff] [blame]361 Do not add emails found in Signed-off-by: lines to the cc list.
Junio C Hamanoc9154122006-02-15 02:22:06[diff] [blame]362</p>
363</dd>
364<dt>
Junio C Hamano86f75882006-02-06 02:27:23[diff] [blame]365--quiet
Junio C Hamano1a4e8412005-12-27 08:17:23[diff] [blame]366</dt>
367<dd>
368<p>
Junio C Hamano86f75882006-02-06 02:27:23[diff] [blame]369 Make git-send-email less verbose. One line per email should be
370 all that is output.
Junio C Hamano1a4e8412005-12-27 08:17:23[diff] [blame]371</p>
372</dd>
373<dt>
374--smtp-server
375</dt>
376<dd>
377<p>
Junio C Hamanob19b4f02006-10-29 20:47:22[diff] [blame]378 If set, specifies the outgoing SMTP server to use. A full
379 pathname of a sendmail-like program can be specified instead;
380 the program must support the <tt>-i</tt> option. Default value can
381 be specified by the <em>sendemail.smtpserver</em> configuration
382 option; the built-in default is <tt>/usr/sbin/sendmail</tt> or
383 <tt>/usr/lib/sendmail</tt> if such program is available, or
384 <tt>localhost</tt> otherwise.
Junio C Hamano1a4e8412005-12-27 08:17:23[diff] [blame]385</p>
386</dd>
Junio C Hamano86f75882006-02-06 02:27:23[diff] [blame]387<dt>
388--subject
389</dt>
390<dd>
391<p>
392 Specify the initial subject of the email thread.
393 Only necessary if --compose is also set. If --compose
394 is not set, this will be prompted for.
395</p>
396</dd>
397<dt>
Junio C Hamanoc9154122006-02-15 02:22:06[diff] [blame]398--suppress-from
399</dt>
400<dd>
401<p>
402 Do not add the From: address to the cc: list, if it shows up in a From:
403 line.
404</p>
405</dd>
406<dt>
Junio C Hamano86f75882006-02-06 02:27:23[diff] [blame]407--to
408</dt>
409<dd>
410<p>
411 Specify the primary recipient of the emails generated.
412 Generally, this will be the upstream maintainer of the
413 project involved.
414</p>
Junio C Hamano97f518c2006-06-22 19:49:35[diff] [blame]415<div class="literalblock">
416<div class="content">
417<pre><tt>The --to option must be repeated for each user you want on the to list.</tt></pre>
418</div></div>
Junio C Hamano86f75882006-02-06 02:27:23[diff] [blame]419</dd>
Junio C Hamano1a4e8412005-12-27 08:17:23[diff] [blame]420</dl>
421</div>
422<h2>Author</h2>
423<div class="sectionbody">
424<p>Written by Ryan Anderson &lt;ryan@michonline.com&gt;</p>
425<p>git-send-email is originally based upon
426send_lots_of_email.pl by Greg Kroah-Hartman.</p>
427</div>
428<h2>Documentation</h2>
429<div class="sectionbody">
430<p>Documentation by Ryan Anderson</p>
431</div>
432<h2>GIT</h2>
433<div class="sectionbody">
434<p>Part of the <a href="git.html">git(7)</a> suite</p>
435</div>
436<div id="footer">
437<div id="footer-text">
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