SYNOPSIS

git-send-email-script [options] <file|directory> [… file|directory]

DESCRIPTION

Takes the patches given on the command line and emails them out.

The header of the email is configurable by command line options. If not specified on the command line, the user will be prompted with a ReadLine enabled interface to provide the necessary information.

The options available are:

--to
      Specify the primary recipient of the emails generated.
      Generally, this will be the upstream maintainer of the
      project involved.
--from
     Specify the sender of the emails.  This will default to
     the value GIT_COMMITTER_IDENT, as returned by "git-var -l".
     The user will still be prompted to confirm this entry.
--subject
     Specify the initial subject of the email thread.
--in-reply-to
     Specify the contents of the first In-Reply-To header.
     Subsequent emails will refer to the previous email
     instead of this.
     When overriding on the command line, it may be necessary
     to set this to a space.  For example
             --in-reply-to=" "
--chain-reply-to, --no-chain-reply-to
     If this is set, each email will be sent as a reply to the previous
     email sent.  If disabled with "--no-chain-reply-to", all emails after
     the first will be sent as replies to the first email sent.  When using
     this, it is recommended that the first file given be an overview of the
     entire patch series.
     Default is --chain-reply-to
--smtp-server
     If set, specifies the outgoing SMTP server to use.  Defaults to
     localhost.

Author

Written by Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com>

git-send-email-script is originally based upon send_lots_of_email.pl by Greg Kroah-Hartman.

Documentation

Documentation by Ryan Anderson

GIT

Part of the git suite