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.
30 Specify a "Bcc:" value for each email. Default is the value of
33 The --bcc option must be repeated for each user you want on the bcc list.
36 Specify a starting "Cc:" value for each email.
37 Default is the value of 'sendemail.cc'.
39 The --cc option must be repeated for each user you want on the cc list.
42 Review each patch you're about to send in an editor. The setting
43 'sendemail.multiedit' defines if this will spawn one editor per patch
44 or one for all of them at once.
47 Use $GIT_EDITOR, core.editor, $VISUAL, or $EDITOR to edit an
48 introductory message for the patch series.
50 When '--compose' is used, git send-email gets less interactive will use the
51 values of the headers you set there. If the body of the email (what you type
52 after the headers and a blank line) only contains blank (or GIT: prefixed)
53 lines, the summary won't be sent, but git-send-email will still use the
54 Headers values if you don't removed them.
56 If it wasn't able to see a header in the summary it will ask you about it
57 interactively after quitting your editor.
60 Specify the sender of the emails. This will default to
61 the value GIT_COMMITTER_IDENT, as returned by "git var -l".
62 The user will still be prompted to confirm this entry.
65 Specify the contents of the first In-Reply-To header.
66 Subsequent emails will refer to the previous email
67 instead of this if --chain-reply-to is set (the default)
68 Only necessary if --compose is also set. If --compose
69 is not set, this will be prompted for.
72 Specify the initial subject of the email thread.
73 Only necessary if --compose is also set. If --compose
74 is not set, this will be prompted for.
77 Specify the primary recipient of the emails generated. Generally, this
78 will be the upstream maintainer of the project involved. Default is the
79 value of the 'sendemail.to' configuration value; if that is unspecified,
80 this will be prompted for.
82 The --to option must be repeated for each user you want on the to list.
89 Specify the envelope sender used to send the emails.
90 This is useful if your default address is not the address that is
91 subscribed to a list. If you use the sendmail binary, you must have
92 suitable privileges for the -f parameter. Default is the value of
93 the 'sendemail.envelopesender' configuration variable; if that is
94 unspecified, choosing the envelope sender is left to your MTA.
97 Specify the encryption to use, either 'ssl' or 'tls'. Any other
98 value reverts to plain SMTP. Default is the value of
99 'sendemail.smtpencryption'.
102 Password for SMTP-AUTH. The argument is optional: If no
103 argument is specified, then the empty string is used as
104 the password. Default is the value of 'sendemail.smtppass',
105 however '--smtp-pass' always overrides this value.
107 Furthermore, passwords need not be specified in configuration files
108 or on the command line. If a username has been specified (with
109 '--smtp-user' or a 'sendemail.smtpuser'), but no password has been
110 specified (with '--smtp-pass' or 'sendemail.smtppass'), then the
111 user is prompted for a password while the input is masked for privacy.
114 If set, specifies the outgoing SMTP server to use (e.g.
115 `smtp.example.com` or a raw IP address). Alternatively it can
116 specify a full pathname of a sendmail-like program instead;
117 the program must support the `-i` option. Default value can
118 be specified by the 'sendemail.smtpserver' configuration
119 option; the built-in default is `/usr/sbin/sendmail` or
120 `/usr/lib/sendmail` if such program is available, or
121 `localhost` otherwise.
124 Specifies a port different from the default port (SMTP
125 servers typically listen to smtp port 25 and ssmtp port
126 465). This can be set with 'sendemail.smtpserverport'.
129 Legacy alias for '--smtp-encryption ssl'.
132 Username for SMTP-AUTH. Default is the value of 'sendemail.smtpuser';
133 if a username is not specified (with '--smtp-user' or 'sendemail.smtpuser'),
134 then authentication is not attempted.
141 Specify a command to execute once per patch file which
142 should generate patch file specific "Cc:" entries.
143 Output of this command must be single email address per line.
144 Default is the value of 'sendemail.cccmd' configuration value.
146 --[no-]chain-reply-to::
147 If this is set, each email will be sent as a reply to the previous
148 email sent. If disabled with "--no-chain-reply-to", all emails after
149 the first will be sent as replies to the first email sent. When using
150 this, it is recommended that the first file given be an overview of the
151 entire patch series. Default is the value of the 'sendemail.chainreplyto'
152 configuration value; if that is unspecified, default to --chain-reply-to.
155 A configuration identity. When given, causes values in the
156 'sendemail.<identity>' subsection to take precedence over
157 values in the 'sendemail' section. The default identity is
158 the value of 'sendemail.identity'.
160 --[no-]signed-off-by-cc::
161 If this is set, add emails found in Signed-off-by: or Cc: lines to the
162 cc list. Default is the value of 'sendemail.signedoffbycc' configuration
163 value; if that is unspecified, default to --signed-off-by-cc.
166 Specify an additional category of recipients to suppress the
170 - 'author' will avoid including the patch author
171 - 'self' will avoid including the sender
172 - 'cc' will avoid including anyone mentioned in Cc lines in the patch header
173 except for self (use 'self' for that).
174 - 'ccbody' will avoid including anyone mentioned in Cc lines in the
175 patch body (commit message) except for self (use 'self' for that).
176 - 'sob' will avoid including anyone mentioned in Signed-off-by lines except
177 for self (use 'self' for that).
178 - 'cccmd' will avoid running the --cc-cmd.
179 - 'body' is equivalent to 'sob' + 'ccbody'
180 - 'all' will suppress all auto cc values.
183 Default is the value of 'sendemail.suppresscc' configuration value; if
184 that is unspecified, default to 'self' if --suppress-from is
185 specified, as well as 'body' if --no-signed-off-cc is specified.
187 --[no-]suppress-from::
188 If this is set, do not add the From: address to the cc: list.
189 Default is the value of 'sendemail.suppressfrom' configuration
190 value; if that is unspecified, default to --no-suppress-from.
193 If this is set, the In-Reply-To header will be set on each email sent.
194 If disabled with "--no-thread", no emails will have the In-Reply-To
195 header set. Default is the value of the 'sendemail.thread' configuration
196 value; if that is unspecified, default to --thread.
203 Confirm just before sending:
206 - 'always' will always confirm before sending
207 - 'never' will never confirm before sending
208 - 'cc' will confirm before sending when send-email has automatically
209 added addresses from the patch to the Cc list
210 - 'compose' will confirm before sending the first message when using --compose.
211 - 'auto' is equivalent to 'cc' + 'compose'
214 Default is the value of 'sendemail.confirm' configuration value; if that
215 is unspecified, default to 'auto' unless any of the suppress options
216 have been specified, in which case default to 'compose'.
219 Do everything except actually send the emails.
222 Make git-send-email less verbose. One line per email should be
226 Perform sanity checks on patches.
227 Currently, validation means the following:
230 * Warn of patches that contain lines longer than 998 characters; this
231 is due to SMTP limits as described by http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2821.txt.
234 Default is the value of 'sendemail.validate'; if this is not set,
235 default to '--validate'.
237 --[no-]format-patch::
238 When an argument may be understood either as a reference or as a file name,
239 choose to understand it as a format-patch argument ('--format-patch')
240 or as a file name ('--no-format-patch'). By default, when such a conflict
241 occurs, git send-email will fail.
247 sendemail.aliasesfile::
248 To avoid typing long email addresses, point this to one or more
249 email aliases files. You must also supply 'sendemail.aliasfiletype'.
251 sendemail.aliasfiletype::
252 Format of the file(s) specified in sendemail.aliasesfile. Must be
253 one of 'mutt', 'mailrc', 'pine', or 'gnus'.
255 sendemail.multiedit::
256 If true (default), a single editor instance will be spawned to edit
257 files you have to edit (patches when '--annotate' is used, and the
258 summary when '--compose' is used). If false, files will be edited one
259 after the other, spawning a new editor each time.
262 Sets the default for whether to confirm before sending. Must be
263 one of 'always', 'never', 'cc', 'compose', or 'auto'. See '--confirm'
264 in the previous section for the meaning of these values.
269 Written by Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com>
271 git-send-email is originally based upon
272 send_lots_of_email.pl by Greg Kroah-Hartman.
277 Documentation by Ryan Anderson
282 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite