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 307 <title>git-send-email(1)</title>
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 310 <div id="header">
 311 <h1>
 312 git-send-email(1) Manual Page
 313 </h1>
 314 <h2>NAME</h2>
 315 <div class="sectionbody">
 316 <p>git-send-email -
 317    Send a collection of patches as emails
 318 </p>
 319 </div>
 320 </div>
 321 <h2>SYNOPSIS</h2>
 322 <div class="sectionbody">
 323 <div class="para"><p><em>git send-email</em> [options] &lt;file|directory|rev-list options&gt;&#8230;</p></div>
 324 </div>
 325 <h2 id="_description">DESCRIPTION</h2>
 326 <div class="sectionbody">
 327 <div class="para"><p>Takes the patches given on the command line and emails them out.
 328 Patches can be specified as files, directories (which will send all
 329 files in the directory), or directly as a revision list.  In the
 330 last case, any format accepted by <a href="git-format-patch.html">git-format-patch(1)</a> can
 331 be passed to git send-email.</p></div>
 332 <div class="para"><p>The header of the email is configurable by command line options.  If not
 333 specified on the command line, the user will be prompted with a ReadLine
 334 enabled interface to provide the necessary information.</p></div>
 335 <div class="para"><p>There are two formats accepted for patch files:</p></div>
 336 <div class="olist"><ol>
 337 <li>
 338 <p>
 339 mbox format files
 340 </p>
 341 <div class="para"><p>This is what <a href="git-format-patch.html">git-format-patch(1)</a> generates.  Most headers and MIME
 342 formatting are ignored.</p></div>
 343 </li>
 344 <li>
 345 <p>
 346 The original format used by Greg Kroah-Hartman's <em>send_lots_of_email.pl</em>
 347 script
 348 </p>
 349 <div class="para"><p>This format expects the first line of the file to contain the "Cc:" value
 350 and the "Subject:" of the message as the second line.</p></div>
 351 </li>
 352 </ol></div>
 353 </div>
 354 <h2 id="_options">OPTIONS</h2>
 355 <div class="sectionbody">
 356 <h3 id="_composing">Composing</h3><div style="clear:left"></div>
 357 <div class="vlist"><dl>
 358 <dt>
 359 --annotate
 360 </dt>
 361 <dd>
 362 <p>
 363         Review and edit each patch you're about to send. See the
 364         CONFIGURATION section for <em>sendemail.multiedit</em>.
 365 </p>
 366 </dd>
 367 <dt>
 368 --bcc=&lt;address&gt;
 369 </dt>
 370 <dd>
 371 <p>
 372         Specify a "Bcc:" value for each email. Default is the value of
 373         <em>sendemail.bcc</em>.
 374 </p>
 375 <div class="para"><p>The --bcc option must be repeated for each user you want on the bcc list.</p></div>
 376 </dd>
 377 <dt>
 378 --cc=&lt;address&gt;
 379 </dt>
 380 <dd>
 381 <p>
 382         Specify a starting "Cc:" value for each email.
 383         Default is the value of <em>sendemail.cc</em>.
 384 </p>
 385 <div class="para"><p>The --cc option must be repeated for each user you want on the cc list.</p></div>
 386 </dd>
 387 <dt>
 388 --compose
 389 </dt>
 390 <dd>
 391 <p>
 392         Invoke a text editor (see GIT_EDITOR in <a href="git-var.html">git-var(1)</a>)
 393         to edit an introductory message for the patch series.
 394 </p>
 395 <div class="para"><p>When <em>--compose</em> is used, git send-email will use the From, Subject, and
 396 In-Reply-To headers specified in the message. If the body of the message
 397 (what you type after the headers and a blank line) only contains blank
 398 (or GIT: prefixed) lines the summary won't be sent, but From, Subject,
 399 and In-Reply-To headers will be used unless they are removed.</p></div>
 400 <div class="para"><p>Missing From or In-Reply-To headers will be prompted for.</p></div>
 401 <div class="para"><p>See the CONFIGURATION section for <em>sendemail.multiedit</em>.</p></div>
 402 </dd>
 403 <dt>
 404 --from=&lt;address&gt;
 405 </dt>
 406 <dd>
 407 <p>
 408         Specify the sender of the emails.  If not specified on the command line,
 409         the value of the <em>sendemail.from</em> configuration option is used.  If
 410         neither the command line option nor <em>sendemail.from</em> are set, then the
 411         user will be prompted for the value.  The default for the prompt will be
 412         the value of GIT_AUTHOR_IDENT, or GIT_COMMITTER_IDENT if that is not
 413         set, as returned by "git var -l".
 414 </p>
 415 </dd>
 416 <dt>
 417 --in-reply-to=&lt;identifier&gt;
 418 </dt>
 419 <dd>
 420 <p>
 421         Specify the contents of the first In-Reply-To header.
 422         Subsequent emails will refer to the previous email
 423         instead of this if --chain-reply-to is set.
 424         Only necessary if --compose is also set.  If --compose
 425         is not set, this will be prompted for.
 426 </p>
 427 </dd>
 428 <dt>
 429 --subject=&lt;string&gt;
 430 </dt>
 431 <dd>
 432 <p>
 433         Specify the initial subject of the email thread.
 434         Only necessary if --compose is also set.  If --compose
 435         is not set, this will be prompted for.
 436 </p>
 437 </dd>
 438 <dt>
 439 --to=&lt;address&gt;
 440 </dt>
 441 <dd>
 442 <p>
 443         Specify the primary recipient of the emails generated. Generally, this
 444         will be the upstream maintainer of the project involved. Default is the
 445         value of the <em>sendemail.to</em> configuration value; if that is unspecified,
 446         this will be prompted for.
 447 </p>
 448 <div class="para"><p>The --to option must be repeated for each user you want on the to list.</p></div>
 449 </dd>
 450 </dl></div>
 451 <h3 id="_sending">Sending</h3><div style="clear:left"></div>
 452 <div class="vlist"><dl>
 453 <dt>
 454 --envelope-sender=&lt;address&gt;
 455 </dt>
 456 <dd>
 457 <p>
 458         Specify the envelope sender used to send the emails.
 459         This is useful if your default address is not the address that is
 460         subscribed to a list. In order to use the <em>From</em> address, set the
 461         value to "auto". If you use the sendmail binary, you must have
 462         suitable privileges for the -f parameter.  Default is the value of the
 463         <em>sendemail.envelopesender</em> configuration variable; if that is
 464         unspecified, choosing the envelope sender is left to your MTA.
 465 </p>
 466 </dd>
 467 <dt>
 468 --smtp-encryption=&lt;encryption&gt;
 469 </dt>
 470 <dd>
 471 <p>
 472         Specify the encryption to use, either <em>ssl</em> or <em>tls</em>.  Any other
 473         value reverts to plain SMTP.  Default is the value of
 474         <em>sendemail.smtpencryption</em>.
 475 </p>
 476 </dd>
 477 <dt>
 478 --smtp-pass[=&lt;password&gt;]
 479 </dt>
 480 <dd>
 481 <p>
 482         Password for SMTP-AUTH. The argument is optional: If no
 483         argument is specified, then the empty string is used as
 484         the password. Default is the value of <em>sendemail.smtppass</em>,
 485         however <em>--smtp-pass</em> always overrides this value.
 486 </p>
 487 <div class="para"><p>Furthermore, passwords need not be specified in configuration files
 488 or on the command line. If a username has been specified (with
 489 <em>--smtp-user</em> or a <em>sendemail.smtpuser</em>), but no password has been
 490 specified (with <em>--smtp-pass</em> or <em>sendemail.smtppass</em>), then the
 491 user is prompted for a password while the input is masked for privacy.</p></div>
 492 </dd>
 493 <dt>
 494 --smtp-server=&lt;host&gt;
 495 </dt>
 496 <dd>
 497 <p>
 498         If set, specifies the outgoing SMTP server to use (e.g.
 499         <tt>smtp.example.com</tt> or a raw IP address).  Alternatively it can
 500         specify a full pathname of a sendmail-like program instead;
 501         the program must support the <tt>-i</tt> option.  Default value can
 502         be specified by the <em>sendemail.smtpserver</em> configuration
 503         option; the built-in default is <tt>/usr/sbin/sendmail</tt> or
 504         <tt>/usr/lib/sendmail</tt> if such program is available, or
 505         <tt>localhost</tt> otherwise.
 506 </p>
 507 </dd>
 508 <dt>
 509 --smtp-server-port=&lt;port&gt;
 510 </dt>
 511 <dd>
 512 <p>
 513         Specifies a port different from the default port (SMTP
 514         servers typically listen to smtp port 25, but may also listen to
 515         submission port 587, or the common SSL smtp port 465);
 516         symbolic port names (e.g. "submission" instead of 587)
 517         are also accepted. The port can also be set with the
 518         <em>sendemail.smtpserverport</em> configuration variable.
 519 </p>
 520 </dd>
 521 <dt>
 522 --smtp-ssl
 523 </dt>
 524 <dd>
 525 <p>
 526         Legacy alias for <em>--smtp-encryption ssl</em>.
 527 </p>
 528 </dd>
 529 <dt>
 530 --smtp-user=&lt;user&gt;
 531 </dt>
 532 <dd>
 533 <p>
 534         Username for SMTP-AUTH. Default is the value of <em>sendemail.smtpuser</em>;
 535         if a username is not specified (with <em>--smtp-user</em> or <em>sendemail.smtpuser</em>),
 536         then authentication is not attempted.
 537 </p>
 538 </dd>
 539 </dl></div>
 540 <h3 id="_automating">Automating</h3><div style="clear:left"></div>
 541 <div class="vlist"><dl>
 542 <dt>
 543 --cc-cmd=&lt;command&gt;
 544 </dt>
 545 <dd>
 546 <p>
 547         Specify a command to execute once per patch file which
 548         should generate patch file specific "Cc:" entries.
 549         Output of this command must be single email address per line.
 550         Default is the value of <em>sendemail.cccmd</em> configuration value.
 551 </p>
 552 </dd>
 553 <dt>
 554 --[no-]chain-reply-to
 555 </dt>
 556 <dd>
 557 <p>
 558         If this is set, each email will be sent as a reply to the previous
 559         email sent.  If disabled with "--no-chain-reply-to", all emails after
 560         the first will be sent as replies to the first email sent.  When using
 561         this, it is recommended that the first file given be an overview of the
 562         entire patch series. Disabled by default, but the <em>sendemail.chainreplyto</em>
 563         configuration variable can be used to enable it.
 564 </p>
 565 </dd>
 566 <dt>
 567 --identity=&lt;identity&gt;
 568 </dt>
 569 <dd>
 570 <p>
 571         A configuration identity. When given, causes values in the
 572         <em>sendemail.&lt;identity&gt;</em> subsection to take precedence over
 573         values in the <em>sendemail</em> section. The default identity is
 574         the value of <em>sendemail.identity</em>.
 575 </p>
 576 </dd>
 577 <dt>
 578 --[no-]signed-off-by-cc
 579 </dt>
 580 <dd>
 581 <p>
 582         If this is set, add emails found in Signed-off-by: or Cc: lines to the
 583         cc list. Default is the value of <em>sendemail.signedoffbycc</em> configuration
 584         value; if that is unspecified, default to --signed-off-by-cc.
 585 </p>
 586 </dd>
 587 <dt>
 588 --suppress-cc=&lt;category&gt;
 589 </dt>
 590 <dd>
 591 <p>
 592         Specify an additional category of recipients to suppress the
 593         auto-cc of:
 594 </p>
 595 <div class="ilist"><ul>
 596 <li>
 597 <p>
 598 <em>author</em> will avoid including the patch author
 599 </p>
 600 </li>
 601 <li>
 602 <p>
 603 <em>self</em> will avoid including the sender
 604 </p>
 605 </li>
 606 <li>
 607 <p>
 608 <em>cc</em> will avoid including anyone mentioned in Cc lines in the patch header
 609   except for self (use <em>self</em> for that).
 610 </p>
 611 </li>
 612 <li>
 613 <p>
 614 <em>bodycc</em> will avoid including anyone mentioned in Cc lines in the
 615   patch body (commit message) except for self (use <em>self</em> for that).
 616 </p>
 617 </li>
 618 <li>
 619 <p>
 620 <em>sob</em> will avoid including anyone mentioned in Signed-off-by lines except
 621    for self (use <em>self</em> for that).
 622 </p>
 623 </li>
 624 <li>
 625 <p>
 626 <em>cccmd</em> will avoid running the --cc-cmd.
 627 </p>
 628 </li>
 629 <li>
 630 <p>
 631 <em>body</em> is equivalent to <em>sob</em> + <em>bodycc</em>
 632 </p>
 633 </li>
 634 <li>
 635 <p>
 636 <em>all</em> will suppress all auto cc values.
 637 </p>
 638 </li>
 639 </ul></div>
 640 <div class="para"><p>Default is the value of <em>sendemail.suppresscc</em> configuration value; if
 641 that is unspecified, default to <em>self</em> if --suppress-from is
 642 specified, as well as <em>body</em> if --no-signed-off-cc is specified.</p></div>
 643 </dd>
 644 <dt>
 645 --[no-]suppress-from
 646 </dt>
 647 <dd>
 648 <p>
 649         If this is set, do not add the From: address to the cc: list.
 650         Default is the value of <em>sendemail.suppressfrom</em> configuration
 651         value; if that is unspecified, default to --no-suppress-from.
 652 </p>
 653 </dd>
 654 <dt>
 655 --[no-]thread
 656 </dt>
 657 <dd>
 658 <p>
 659         If this is set, the In-Reply-To and References headers will be
 660         added to each email sent.  Whether each mail refers to the
 661         previous email (<tt>deep</tt> threading per <em>git format-patch</em>
 662         wording) or to the first email (<tt>shallow</tt> threading) is
 663         governed by "--[no-]chain-reply-to".
 664 </p>
 665 <div class="para"><p>If disabled with "--no-thread", those headers will not be added
 666 (unless specified with --in-reply-to).  Default is the value of the
 667 <em>sendemail.thread</em> configuration value; if that is unspecified,
 668 default to --thread.</p></div>
 669 <div class="para"><p>It is up to the user to ensure that no In-Reply-To header already
 670 exists when <em>git send-email</em> is asked to add it (especially note that
 671 <em>git format-patch</em> can be configured to do the threading itself).
 672 Failure to do so may not produce the expected result in the
 673 recipient's MUA.</p></div>
 674 </dd>
 675 </dl></div>
 676 <h3 id="_administering">Administering</h3><div style="clear:left"></div>
 677 <div class="vlist"><dl>
 678 <dt>
 679 --confirm=&lt;mode&gt;
 680 </dt>
 681 <dd>
 682 <p>
 683         Confirm just before sending:
 684 </p>
 685 <div class="ilist"><ul>
 686 <li>
 687 <p>
 688 <em>always</em> will always confirm before sending
 689 </p>
 690 </li>
 691 <li>
 692 <p>
 693 <em>never</em> will never confirm before sending
 694 </p>
 695 </li>
 696 <li>
 697 <p>
 698 <em>cc</em> will confirm before sending when send-email has automatically
 699   added addresses from the patch to the Cc list
 700 </p>
 701 </li>
 702 <li>
 703 <p>
 704 <em>compose</em> will confirm before sending the first message when using --compose.
 705 </p>
 706 </li>
 707 <li>
 708 <p>
 709 <em>auto</em> is equivalent to <em>cc</em> + <em>compose</em>
 710 </p>
 711 </li>
 712 </ul></div>
 713 <div class="para"><p>Default is the value of <em>sendemail.confirm</em> configuration value; if that
 714 is unspecified, default to <em>auto</em> unless any of the suppress options
 715 have been specified, in which case default to <em>compose</em>.</p></div>
 716 </dd>
 717 <dt>
 718 --dry-run
 719 </dt>
 720 <dd>
 721 <p>
 722         Do everything except actually send the emails.
 723 </p>
 724 </dd>
 725 <dt>
 726 --[no-]format-patch
 727 </dt>
 728 <dd>
 729 <p>
 730         When an argument may be understood either as a reference or as a file name,
 731         choose to understand it as a format-patch argument (<em>--format-patch</em>)
 732         or as a file name (<em>--no-format-patch</em>). By default, when such a conflict
 733         occurs, git send-email will fail.
 734 </p>
 735 </dd>
 736 <dt>
 737 --quiet
 738 </dt>
 739 <dd>
 740 <p>
 741         Make git-send-email less verbose.  One line per email should be
 742         all that is output.
 743 </p>
 744 </dd>
 745 <dt>
 746 --[no-]validate
 747 </dt>
 748 <dd>
 749 <p>
 750         Perform sanity checks on patches.
 751         Currently, validation means the following:
 752 </p>
 753 <div class="ilist"><ul>
 754 <li>
 755 <p>
 756 Warn of patches that contain lines longer than 998 characters; this
 757                         is due to SMTP limits as described by http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2821.txt.
 758 </p>
 759 </li>
 760 </ul></div>
 761 <div class="para"><p>Default is the value of <em>sendemail.validate</em>; if this is not set,
 762 default to <em>--validate</em>.</p></div>
 763 </dd>
 764 </dl></div>
 765 </div>
 766 <h2 id="_configuration">CONFIGURATION</h2>
 767 <div class="sectionbody">
 768 <div class="vlist"><dl>
 769 <dt>
 770 sendemail.aliasesfile
 771 </dt>
 772 <dd>
 773 <p>
 774         To avoid typing long email addresses, point this to one or more
 775         email aliases files.  You must also supply <em>sendemail.aliasfiletype</em>.
 776 </p>
 777 </dd>
 778 <dt>
 779 sendemail.aliasfiletype
 780 </dt>
 781 <dd>
 782 <p>
 783         Format of the file(s) specified in sendemail.aliasesfile. Must be
 784         one of <em>mutt</em>, <em>mailrc</em>, <em>pine</em>, <em>elm</em>, or <em>gnus</em>.
 785 </p>
 786 </dd>
 787 <dt>
 788 sendemail.multiedit
 789 </dt>
 790 <dd>
 791 <p>
 792         If true (default), a single editor instance will be spawned to edit
 793         files you have to edit (patches when <em>--annotate</em> is used, and the
 794         summary when <em>--compose</em> is used). If false, files will be edited one
 795         after the other, spawning a new editor each time.
 796 </p>
 797 </dd>
 798 <dt>
 799 sendemail.confirm
 800 </dt>
 801 <dd>
 802 <p>
 803         Sets the default for whether to confirm before sending. Must be
 804         one of <em>always</em>, <em>never</em>, <em>cc</em>, <em>compose</em>, or <em>auto</em>. See <em>--confirm</em>
 805         in the previous section for the meaning of these values.
 806 </p>
 807 </dd>
 808 </dl></div>
 809 </div>
 810 <h2 id="_author">Author</h2>
 811 <div class="sectionbody">
 812 <div class="para"><p>Written by Ryan Anderson &lt;ryan@michonline.com&gt;</p></div>
 813 <div class="para"><p>git-send-email is originally based upon
 814 send_lots_of_email.pl by Greg Kroah-Hartman.</p></div>
 815 </div>
 816 <h2 id="_documentation">Documentation</h2>
 817 <div class="sectionbody">
 818 <div class="para"><p>Documentation by Ryan Anderson</p></div>
 819 </div>
 820 <h2 id="_git">GIT</h2>
 821 <div class="sectionbody">
 822 <div class="para"><p>Part of the <a href="git.html">git(1)</a> suite</p></div>
 823 </div>
 824 <div id="footer">
 825 <div id="footer-text">
 826 Last updated 2009-12-26 23:13:52 UTC
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