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Signed-off-by: Todd Zullinger <tmz@pobox.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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git-send-email(1)
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NAME
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git-send-email - Send a collection of patches as emails
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SYNOPSIS
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--------
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'git send-email' [options] <file|directory|rev-list options>...
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DESCRIPTION
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Takes the patches given on the command line and emails them out.
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The header of the email is configurable by command line options. If not
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specified on the command line, the user will be prompted with a ReadLine
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enabled interface to provide the necessary information.
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There are two formats accepted for patch files:
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1. mbox format files
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This is what linkgit:git-format-patch[1] generates. Most headers and MIME
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formatting are ignored.
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2. The original format used by Greg Kroah-Hartman's 'send_lots_of_email.pl'
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script
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This format expects the first line of the file to contain the "Cc:" value
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and the "Subject:" of the message as the second line.
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OPTIONS
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-------
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Composing
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~~~~~~~~~
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--bcc::
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Specify a "Bcc:" value for each email. Default is the value of
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'sendemail.bcc'.
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The --bcc option must be repeated for each user you want on the bcc list.
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--cc::
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Specify a starting "Cc:" value for each email.
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Default is the value of 'sendemail.cc'.
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The --cc option must be repeated for each user you want on the cc list.
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--annotate::
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Review each patch you're about to send in an editor. The setting
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'sendemail.multiedit' defines if this will spawn one editor per patch
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or one for all of them at once.
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--compose::
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Use $GIT_EDITOR, core.editor, $VISUAL, or $EDITOR to edit an
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introductory message for the patch series.
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When '--compose' is used, git send-email gets less interactive will use the
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values of the headers you set there. If the body of the email (what you type
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after the headers and a blank line) only contains blank (or GIT: prefixed)
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lines, the summary won't be sent, but git-send-email will still use the
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Headers values if you don't removed them.
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If it wasn't able to see a header in the summary it will ask you about it
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interactively after quitting your editor.
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--from::
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Specify the sender of the emails. This will default to
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the value GIT_COMMITTER_IDENT, as returned by "git var -l".
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The user will still be prompted to confirm this entry.
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--in-reply-to::
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Specify the contents of the first In-Reply-To header.
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Subsequent emails will refer to the previous email
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instead of this if --chain-reply-to is set (the default)
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Only necessary if --compose is also set. If --compose
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is not set, this will be prompted for.
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--subject::
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Specify the initial subject of the email thread.
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Only necessary if --compose is also set. If --compose
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is not set, this will be prompted for.
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--to::
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Specify the primary recipient of the emails generated. Generally, this
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will be the upstream maintainer of the project involved. Default is the
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value of the 'sendemail.to' configuration value; if that is unspecified,
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this will be prompted for.
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The --to option must be repeated for each user you want on the to list.
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Sending
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--envelope-sender::
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Specify the envelope sender used to send the emails.
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This is useful if your default address is not the address that is
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subscribed to a list. If you use the sendmail binary, you must have
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suitable privileges for the -f parameter. Default is the value of
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the 'sendemail.envelopesender' configuration variable; if that is
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unspecified, choosing the envelope sender is left to your MTA.
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--smtp-encryption::
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Specify the encryption to use, either 'ssl' or 'tls'. Any other
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value reverts to plain SMTP. Default is the value of
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'sendemail.smtpencryption'.
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--smtp-pass::
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Password for SMTP-AUTH. The argument is optional: If no
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argument is specified, then the empty string is used as
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the password. Default is the value of 'sendemail.smtppass',
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however '--smtp-pass' always overrides this value.
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Furthermore, passwords need not be specified in configuration files
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or on the command line. If a username has been specified (with
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'--smtp-user' or a 'sendemail.smtpuser'), but no password has been
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specified (with '--smtp-pass' or 'sendemail.smtppass'), then the
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user is prompted for a password while the input is masked for privacy.
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--smtp-server::
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If set, specifies the outgoing SMTP server to use (e.g.
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`smtp.example.com` or a raw IP address). Alternatively it can
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specify a full pathname of a sendmail-like program instead;
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the program must support the `-i` option. Default value can
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be specified by the 'sendemail.smtpserver' configuration
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option; the built-in default is `/usr/sbin/sendmail` or
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`/usr/lib/sendmail` if such program is available, or
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`localhost` otherwise.
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--smtp-server-port::
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Specifies a port different from the default port (SMTP
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servers typically listen to smtp port 25 and ssmtp port
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465). This can be set with 'sendemail.smtpserverport'.
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--smtp-ssl::
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Legacy alias for '--smtp-encryption ssl'.
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--smtp-user::
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Username for SMTP-AUTH. Default is the value of 'sendemail.smtpuser';
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if a username is not specified (with '--smtp-user' or 'sendemail.smtpuser'),
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then authentication is not attempted.
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Automating
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--cc-cmd::
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Specify a command to execute once per patch file which
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should generate patch file specific "Cc:" entries.
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Output of this command must be single email address per line.
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Default is the value of 'sendemail.cccmd' configuration value.
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--[no-]chain-reply-to::
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If this is set, each email will be sent as a reply to the previous
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email sent. If disabled with "--no-chain-reply-to", all emails after
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the first will be sent as replies to the first email sent. When using
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this, it is recommended that the first file given be an overview of the
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entire patch series. Default is the value of the 'sendemail.chainreplyto'
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configuration value; if that is unspecified, default to --chain-reply-to.
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--identity::
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A configuration identity. When given, causes values in the
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'sendemail.<identity>' subsection to take precedence over
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values in the 'sendemail' section. The default identity is
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the value of 'sendemail.identity'.
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--[no-]signed-off-by-cc::
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If this is set, add emails found in Signed-off-by: or Cc: lines to the
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cc list. Default is the value of 'sendemail.signedoffbycc' configuration
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value; if that is unspecified, default to --signed-off-by-cc.
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--suppress-cc::
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Specify an additional category of recipients to suppress the
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auto-cc of. 'self' will avoid including the sender, 'author' will
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avoid including the patch author, 'cc' will avoid including anyone
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mentioned in Cc lines in the patch, 'sob' will avoid including
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anyone mentioned in Signed-off-by lines, and 'cccmd' will avoid
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running the --cc-cmd. 'all' will suppress all auto cc values.
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Default is the value of 'sendemail.suppresscc' configuration value;
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if that is unspecified, default to 'self' if --suppress-from is
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specified, as well as 'sob' if --no-signed-off-cc is specified.
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--[no-]suppress-from::
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If this is set, do not add the From: address to the cc: list.
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Default is the value of 'sendemail.suppressfrom' configuration
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value; if that is unspecified, default to --no-suppress-from.
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--[no-]thread::
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If this is set, the In-Reply-To header will be set on each email sent.
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If disabled with "--no-thread", no emails will have the In-Reply-To
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header set. Default is the value of the 'sendemail.thread' configuration
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value; if that is unspecified, default to --thread.
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Administering
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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--dry-run::
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Do everything except actually send the emails.
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--quiet::
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Make git-send-email less verbose. One line per email should be
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all that is output.
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--[no-]validate::
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Perform sanity checks on patches.
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Currently, validation means the following:
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--
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* Warn of patches that contain lines longer than 998 characters; this
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is due to SMTP limits as described by http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2821.txt.
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--
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Default is the value of 'sendemail.validate'; if this is not set,
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default to '--validate'.
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--[no-]format-patch::
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When an argument may be understood either as a reference or as a file name,
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choose to understand it as a format-patch argument ('--format-patch')
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or as a file name ('--no-format-patch'). By default, when such a conflict
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occurs, git send-email will fail.
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CONFIGURATION
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sendemail.aliasesfile::
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To avoid typing long email addresses, point this to one or more
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email aliases files. You must also supply 'sendemail.aliasfiletype'.
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sendemail.aliasfiletype::
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Format of the file(s) specified in sendemail.aliasesfile. Must be
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one of 'mutt', 'mailrc', 'pine', or 'gnus'.
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sendemail.multiedit::
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If true (default), a single editor instance will be spawned to edit
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files you have to edit (patches when '--annotate' is used, and the
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summary when '--compose' is used). If false, files will be edited one
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after the other, spawning a new editor each time.
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Author
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------
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Written by Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com>
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git-send-email is originally based upon
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send_lots_of_email.pl by Greg Kroah-Hartman.
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Documentation
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--------------
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Documentation by Ryan Anderson
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GIT
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Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
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