6 git-send-email - Send a collection of patches as emails
11 'git-send-email' [options] <file|directory> [... file|directory]
17 Takes the patches given on the command line and emails them out.
19 The header of the email is configurable by command line options. If not
20 specified on the command line, the user will be prompted with a ReadLine
21 enabled interface to provide the necessary information.
25 The options available are:
28 Specify the primary recipient of the emails generated.
29 Generally, this will be the upstream maintainer of the
33 Specify the sender of the emails. This will default to
34 the value GIT_COMMITTER_IDENT, as returned by "git-var -l".
35 The user will still be prompted to confirm this entry.
38 Use \$EDITOR to edit an introductory message for the
42 Specify the initial subject of the email thread.
43 Only necessary if --compose is also set. If --compose
44 is not set, this will be prompted for.
47 Specify the contents of the first In-Reply-To header.
48 Subsequent emails will refer to the previous email
49 instead of this if --chain-reply-to is set (the default)
50 Only necessary if --compose is also set. If --compose
51 is not set, this will be prompted for.
53 --chain-reply-to, --no-chain-reply-to::
54 If this is set, each email will be sent as a reply to the previous
55 email sent. If disabled with "--no-chain-reply-to", all emails after
56 the first will be sent as replies to the first email sent. When using
57 this, it is recommended that the first file given be an overview of the
59 Default is --chain-reply-to
62 If set, specifies the outgoing SMTP server to use. Defaults to
68 Written by Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com>
70 git-send-email is originally based upon
71 send_lots_of_email.pl by Greg Kroah-Hartman.
75 Documentation by Ryan Anderson
79 Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite