6 git-send-email - Send a collection of patches as emails
11 'git send-email' [options] <file|directory|rev-list options>...
16 Takes the patches given on the command line and emails them out.
18 The header of the email is configurable by command line options. If not
19 specified on the command line, the user will be prompted with a ReadLine
20 enabled interface to provide the necessary information.
22 There are two formats accepted for patch files:
26 This is what linkgit:git-format-patch[1] generates. Most headers and MIME
27 formatting are ignored.
29 2. The original format used by Greg Kroah-Hartman's 'send_lots_of_email.pl'
32 This format expects the first line of the file to contain the "Cc:" value
33 and the "Subject:" of the message as the second line.
43 Specify a "Bcc:" value for each email. Default is the value of
46 The --bcc option must be repeated for each user you want on the bcc list.
49 Specify a starting "Cc:" value for each email.
50 Default is the value of 'sendemail.cc'.
52 The --cc option must be repeated for each user you want on the cc list.
55 Review each patch you're about to send in an editor. The setting
56 'sendemail.multiedit' defines if this will spawn one editor per patch
57 or one for all of them at once.
60 Use $GIT_EDITOR, core.editor, $VISUAL, or $EDITOR to edit an
61 introductory message for the patch series.
63 When '--compose' is used, git send-email gets less interactive will use the
64 values of the headers you set there. If the body of the email (what you type
65 after the headers and a blank line) only contains blank (or GIT: prefixed)
66 lines, the summary won't be sent, but git-send-email will still use the
67 Headers values if you don't removed them.
69 If it wasn't able to see a header in the summary it will ask you about it
70 interactively after quitting your editor.
73 Specify the sender of the emails. This will default to
74 the value GIT_COMMITTER_IDENT, as returned by "git var -l".
75 The user will still be prompted to confirm this entry.
78 Specify the contents of the first In-Reply-To header.
79 Subsequent emails will refer to the previous email
80 instead of this if --chain-reply-to is set (the default)
81 Only necessary if --compose is also set. If --compose
82 is not set, this will be prompted for.
85 Specify the initial subject of the email thread.
86 Only necessary if --compose is also set. If --compose
87 is not set, this will be prompted for.
90 Specify the primary recipient of the emails generated. Generally, this
91 will be the upstream maintainer of the project involved. Default is the
92 value of the 'sendemail.to' configuration value; if that is unspecified,
93 this will be prompted for.
95 The --to option must be repeated for each user you want on the to list.
102 Specify the envelope sender used to send the emails.
103 This is useful if your default address is not the address that is
104 subscribed to a list. If you use the sendmail binary, you must have
105 suitable privileges for the -f parameter. Default is the value of
106 the 'sendemail.envelopesender' configuration variable; if that is
107 unspecified, choosing the envelope sender is left to your MTA.
110 Specify the encryption to use, either 'ssl' or 'tls'. Any other
111 value reverts to plain SMTP. Default is the value of
112 'sendemail.smtpencryption'.
115 Password for SMTP-AUTH. The argument is optional: If no
116 argument is specified, then the empty string is used as
117 the password. Default is the value of 'sendemail.smtppass',
118 however '--smtp-pass' always overrides this value.
120 Furthermore, passwords need not be specified in configuration files
121 or on the command line. If a username has been specified (with
122 '--smtp-user' or a 'sendemail.smtpuser'), but no password has been
123 specified (with '--smtp-pass' or 'sendemail.smtppass'), then the
124 user is prompted for a password while the input is masked for privacy.
127 If set, specifies the outgoing SMTP server to use (e.g.
128 `smtp.example.com` or a raw IP address). Alternatively it can
129 specify a full pathname of a sendmail-like program instead;
130 the program must support the `-i` option. Default value can
131 be specified by the 'sendemail.smtpserver' configuration
132 option; the built-in default is `/usr/sbin/sendmail` or
133 `/usr/lib/sendmail` if such program is available, or
134 `localhost` otherwise.
137 Specifies a port different from the default port (SMTP
138 servers typically listen to smtp port 25 and ssmtp port
139 465). This can be set with 'sendemail.smtpserverport'.
142 Legacy alias for '--smtp-encryption ssl'.
145 Username for SMTP-AUTH. Default is the value of 'sendemail.smtpuser';
146 if a username is not specified (with '--smtp-user' or 'sendemail.smtpuser'),
147 then authentication is not attempted.
154 Specify a command to execute once per patch file which
155 should generate patch file specific "Cc:" entries.
156 Output of this command must be single email address per line.
157 Default is the value of 'sendemail.cccmd' configuration value.
159 --[no-]chain-reply-to::
160 If this is set, each email will be sent as a reply to the previous
161 email sent. If disabled with "--no-chain-reply-to", all emails after
162 the first will be sent as replies to the first email sent. When using
163 this, it is recommended that the first file given be an overview of the
164 entire patch series. Default is the value of the 'sendemail.chainreplyto'
165 configuration value; if that is unspecified, default to --chain-reply-to.
168 A configuration identity. When given, causes values in the
169 'sendemail.<identity>' subsection to take precedence over
170 values in the 'sendemail' section. The default identity is
171 the value of 'sendemail.identity'.
173 --[no-]signed-off-by-cc::
174 If this is set, add emails found in Signed-off-by: or Cc: lines to the
175 cc list. Default is the value of 'sendemail.signedoffbycc' configuration
176 value; if that is unspecified, default to --signed-off-by-cc.
179 Specify an additional category of recipients to suppress the
180 auto-cc of. 'self' will avoid including the sender, 'author' will
181 avoid including the patch author, 'cc' will avoid including anyone
182 mentioned in Cc lines in the patch, 'sob' will avoid including
183 anyone mentioned in Signed-off-by lines, and 'cccmd' will avoid
184 running the --cc-cmd. 'all' will suppress all auto cc values.
185 Default is the value of 'sendemail.suppresscc' configuration value;
186 if that is unspecified, default to 'self' if --suppress-from is
187 specified, as well as 'sob' if --no-signed-off-cc is specified.
189 --[no-]suppress-from::
190 If this is set, do not add the From: address to the cc: list.
191 Default is the value of 'sendemail.suppressfrom' configuration
192 value; if that is unspecified, default to --no-suppress-from.
195 If this is set, the In-Reply-To header will be set on each email sent.
196 If disabled with "--no-thread", no emails will have the In-Reply-To
197 header set. Default is the value of the 'sendemail.thread' configuration
198 value; if that is unspecified, default to --thread.
205 Do everything except actually send the emails.
208 Make git-send-email less verbose. One line per email should be
212 Perform sanity checks on patches.
213 Currently, validation means the following:
216 * Warn of patches that contain lines longer than 998 characters; this
217 is due to SMTP limits as described by http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2821.txt.
220 Default is the value of 'sendemail.validate'; if this is not set,
221 default to '--validate'.
223 --[no-]format-patch::
224 When an argument may be understood either as a reference or as a file name,
225 choose to understand it as a format-patch argument ('--format-patch')
226 or as a file name ('--no-format-patch'). By default, when such a conflict
227 occurs, git send-email will fail.
233 sendemail.aliasesfile::
234 To avoid typing long email addresses, point this to one or more
235 email aliases files. You must also supply 'sendemail.aliasfiletype'.
237 sendemail.aliasfiletype::
238 Format of the file(s) specified in sendemail.aliasesfile. Must be
239 one of 'mutt', 'mailrc', 'pine', or 'gnus'.
241 sendemail.multiedit::
242 If true (default), a single editor instance will be spawned to edit
243 files you have to edit (patches when '--annotate' is used, and the
244 summary when '--compose' is used). If false, files will be edited one
245 after the other, spawning a new editor each time.
250 Written by Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com>
252 git-send-email is originally based upon
253 send_lots_of_email.pl by Greg Kroah-Hartman.
258 Documentation by Ryan Anderson
263 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite