{"thread":{"id":"38298","subject":"[PATCH] correct smtp-ssl-cert-path description","startedAt":"2015-01-06T19:01:00Z","lastAt":"2015-01-06T19:01:00Z","messageCount":1,"participants":["Adam Williamson"],"isPatch":true,"patchVersion":1,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"254358","messageId":"1420570860-12732-1-git-send-email-awilliam@redhat.com","threadId":"38298","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"[PATCH] correct smtp-ssl-cert-path description","fromName":"Adam Williamson","fromEmail":"awilliam@redhat.com","sentAt":"2015-01-06T19:01:00Z","receivedAt":"2015-01-06T19:01:00Z","isPatch":true,"sender":{"key":"awilliam@redhat.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/916551?v=4"},"body":"The git-send-email documentation was never updated to reflect\nthe change made in 01645b74 to use the SSL library's default\nCA trust store rather than /etc/ssl/certs as a hardcoded\ndefault CApath. This corrects that, and also tweaks the rest\nof the text a bit to explain more accurately what is required\nfor a valid CApath / CAfile.\n\nSigned-off-by: Adam Williamson <awilliam@redhat.com>\n---\n Documentation/git-send-email.txt | 13 +++++++++----\n 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)\n\ndiff --git a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt\nindex a60776e..30f7afa 100644\n--- a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt\n+++ b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt\n@@ -199,10 +199,15 @@ must be used for each option.\n \tLegacy alias for '--smtp-encryption ssl'.\n \n --smtp-ssl-cert-path::\n-\tPath to ca-certificates (either a directory or a single file).\n-\tSet it to an empty string to disable certificate verification.\n-\tDefaults to the value set to the 'sendemail.smtpsslcertpath'\n-\tconfiguration variable, if set, or `/etc/ssl/certs` otherwise.\n+\tPath to a store of trusted CA certificates for SMTP SSL/TLS\n+\tcertificate validation (either a directory that has been processed\n+\tby 'c_rehash', or a single file containing one or more PEM format\n+\tcertificates concatenated together: see verify(1) -CAfile and\n+\t-CApath for more information on these). Set it to an empty string\n+\tto disable certificate verification. Defaults to the value of the\n+\t'sendemail.smtpsslcertpath' configuration variable, if set, or the\n+\tbacking SSL library's compiled-in default otherwise (which should\n+\tbe the best choice on most platforms).\n \n --smtp-user=<user>::\n \tUsername for SMTP-AUTH. Default is the value of 'sendemail.smtpuser';\n-- \n2.2.0\n"}]}