{"thread":{"id":"49354","subject":"Question - no space in smtp-server-option","startedAt":"2018-09-17T01:02:49Z","lastAt":"2018-09-17T11:39:55Z","messageCount":6,"participants":["Chris Coutinho","Jonathan Nieder"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"358239","messageId":"20180917010244.btmlczam5m75rmto@tumbleweed","threadId":"49354","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"Question - no space in smtp-server-option","fromName":"Chris Coutinho","fromEmail":"chrisbcoutinho@gmail.com","sentAt":"2018-09-17T01:02:44Z","receivedAt":"2018-09-17T01:02:49Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"chrisbcoutinho@gmail.com","avatar":"https://gravatar.com/avatar/f9a6717bccbe3872cfeed295717f2477d8d0b30d70b51f949986533eabcd1255?d=mp&s=160"},"body":"Hello Git community,\n\nTo send a formatted git patch as an email using git I use `git \nsend-email`. Using another email address than my default one requires \nthe 'smtp-server-option' to be set, and currently this flag doesn't care \nmuch for spaces. Is this desired?\n\nCurrently my gitconfig contains the following line:\n\n\tsendemail.smtpserveroption=-a\n\nWhereas, the following results in an 'account' not found error:\n\n\tsendemail.smtpserveroption=-a \n\nFurther, the full account flag (--account) is not recognized by \n`send-email`. Could someone expand a bit on the reasoning behind this?\n\nRegards,\nChris\n"},{"id":"358240","messageId":"20180917011657.GD154643@aiede.svl.corp.google.com","threadId":"49354","inReplyTo":"20180917010244.btmlczam5m75rmto@tumbleweed","subject":"Re: Question - no space in smtp-server-option","fromName":"Jonathan Nieder","fromEmail":"jrnieder@gmail.com","sentAt":"2018-09-17T01:16:57Z","receivedAt":"2018-09-17T01:17:04Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"jrnieder@gmail.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/281595?v=4"},"body":"Hi,\n\nChris Coutinho wrote:\n\n> Currently my gitconfig contains the following line:\n>\n> \tsendemail.smtpserveroption=-a\n>\n> Whereas, the following results in an 'account' not found error:\n>\n> \tsendemail.smtpserveroption=-a \n\nDo you mean that your ~/.gitconfig literally contains that exact line?\nI would be surprised to hear that syntax works --- see [1] for the\nsyntax I would expect to work.\n\nIf you have more details, that would help.\n\nThanks,\nJonathan\n\n[1] https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-config.html\n"},{"id":"358241","messageId":"20180917012721.akyclbcmeqw5dv3x@tumbleweed","threadId":"49354","inReplyTo":"20180917011657.GD154643@aiede.svl.corp.google.com","subject":"Re: Question - no space in smtp-server-option","fromName":"Chris Coutinho","fromEmail":"chrisbcoutinho@gmail.com","sentAt":"2018-09-17T01:27:21Z","receivedAt":"2018-09-17T01:30:03Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"chrisbcoutinho@gmail.com","avatar":"https://gravatar.com/avatar/f9a6717bccbe3872cfeed295717f2477d8d0b30d70b51f949986533eabcd1255?d=mp&s=160"},"body":"On Sep-16-18, Jonathan Nieder wrote:\n>Hi,\n>\n>Chris Coutinho wrote:\n>\n>> Currently my gitconfig contains the following line:\n>>\n>> \tsendemail.smtpserveroption=-a\n>>\n>> Whereas, the following results in an 'account' not found error:\n>>\n>> \tsendemail.smtpserveroption=-a \n>\n>Do you mean that your ~/.gitconfig literally contains that exact line?\n>I would be surprised to hear that syntax works --- see [1] for the\n>syntax I would expect to work.\n>\n>If you have more details, that would help.\n>\n>Thanks,\n>Jonathan\n>\n>[1] https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-config.html\n\nYes that's the exact line in my gitconfig file, which correctly mails \nusing the non-default account I'm after - I'm assuming you're noticing \nthe lack of camelCase? To be honest, that came from zsh autosuggestions, \nwhich are all lower-case for some reason.\n\nMy question is just regarding the syntax of the smtp server option, \nnamely about the (lack of a) space\n"},{"id":"358243","messageId":"20180917015324.GE154643@aiede.svl.corp.google.com","threadId":"49354","inReplyTo":"20180917012721.akyclbcmeqw5dv3x@tumbleweed","subject":"Re: Question - no space in smtp-server-option","fromName":"Jonathan Nieder","fromEmail":"jrnieder@gmail.com","sentAt":"2018-09-17T01:53:24Z","receivedAt":"2018-09-17T01:53:49Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"jrnieder@gmail.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/281595?v=4"},"body":"On Mon, Sep 17, 2018 at 03:27:21AM +0200, Chris Coutinho wrote:\n> On Sep-16-18, Jonathan Nieder wrote:\n>> Chris Coutinho wrote:\n\n>>> Currently my gitconfig contains the following line:\n>>>\n>>> \tsendemail.smtpserveroption=-a\n>>>\n>>> Whereas, the following results in an 'account' not found error:\n>>>\n>>> \tsendemail.smtpserveroption=-a \n>>\n>> Do you mean that your ~/.gitconfig literally contains that exact line?\n[...]\n> Yes that's the exact line in my gitconfig file, which correctly mails using\n> the non-default account I'm after - I'm assuming you're noticing the lack of\n> camelCase? To be honest, that came from zsh autosuggestions, which are all\n> lower-case for some reason.\n\nNo, case shouldn't matter. I'm noticing the it looks like\n\n\tfoo.bar=baz\n\ninstead of\n\n\t[foo]\n\t\tbar = baz\n\n(i.e. it seems to be some syntax other than ini syntax). E.g. I tried\n\n\techo a.b=c >test.config\n\tgit config -f test.config -l\n\nand get\n\n\tfatal: bad config line 1 in file test.config\n\nThanks,\nJonathan\n"},{"id":"358249","messageId":"20180917112357.7ajxecgw3hkdklzu@tumbleweed","threadId":"49354","inReplyTo":"20180917015324.GE154643@aiede.svl.corp.google.com","subject":"Re: Question - no space in smtp-server-option","fromName":"Chris Coutinho","fromEmail":"chrisbcoutinho@gmail.com","sentAt":"2018-09-17T11:23:57Z","receivedAt":"2018-09-17T11:24:02Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"chrisbcoutinho@gmail.com","avatar":"https://gravatar.com/avatar/f9a6717bccbe3872cfeed295717f2477d8d0b30d70b51f949986533eabcd1255?d=mp&s=160"},"body":"On Sep-16-18, Jonathan Nieder wrote:\n>On Mon, Sep 17, 2018 at 03:27:21AM +0200, Chris Coutinho wrote:\n>> On Sep-16-18, Jonathan Nieder wrote:\n>>> Chris Coutinho wrote:\n>\n>>>> Currently my gitconfig contains the following line:\n>>>>\n>>>> \tsendemail.smtpserveroption=-a\n>>>>\n>>>> Whereas, the following results in an 'account' not found error:\n>>>>\n>>>> \tsendemail.smtpserveroption=-a \n>>>\n>>> Do you mean that your ~/.gitconfig literally contains that exact line?\n>[...]\n>> Yes that's the exact line in my gitconfig file, which correctly mails using\n>> the non-default account I'm after - I'm assuming you're noticing the lack of\n>> camelCase? To be honest, that came from zsh autosuggestions, which are all\n>> lower-case for some reason.\n>\n>No, case shouldn't matter. I'm noticing the it looks like\n>\n>\tfoo.bar=baz\n>\n>instead of\n>\n>\t[foo]\n>\t\tbar = baz\n>\n>(i.e. it seems to be some syntax other than ini syntax). E.g. I tried\n>\n>\techo a.b=c >test.config\n>\tgit config -f test.config -l\n>\n>and get\n>\n>\tfatal: bad config line 1 in file test.config\n>\n>Thanks,\n>Jonathan\n\nHi Jonathan,\n\nSorry for the inconsistency, you're write about the gitconfig syntax. I \nwas actually printing out the config using `git config --local --list`. \nThe actual config file has the two lines:\n\n[sendemail]\n\tsmtpserveroption = -a\n\nRegards,\nChris\n"},{"id":"358251","messageId":"20180917113950.b6oosxhscutrrafh@tumbleweed","threadId":"49354","inReplyTo":"20180917015324.GE154643@aiede.svl.corp.google.com","subject":"Re: Question - no space in smtp-server-option","fromName":"Chris Coutinho","fromEmail":"chrisbcoutinho@gmail.com","sentAt":"2018-09-17T11:39:50Z","receivedAt":"2018-09-17T11:39:55Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"chrisbcoutinho@gmail.com","avatar":"https://gravatar.com/avatar/f9a6717bccbe3872cfeed295717f2477d8d0b30d70b51f949986533eabcd1255?d=mp&s=160"},"body":"On Sep-16-18, Jonathan Nieder wrote:\n>On Mon, Sep 17, 2018 at 03:27:21AM +0200, Chris Coutinho wrote:\n>> On Sep-16-18, Jonathan Nieder wrote:\n>>> Chris Coutinho wrote:\n>\n>>>> Currently my gitconfig contains the following line:\n>>>>\n>>>> \tsendemail.smtpserveroption=-a\n>>>>\n>>>> Whereas, the following results in an 'account' not found error:\n>>>>\n>>>> \tsendemail.smtpserveroption=-a \n>>>\n>>> Do you mean that your ~/.gitconfig literally contains that exact line?\n>[...]\n>> Yes that's the exact line in my gitconfig file, which correctly mails using\n>> the non-default account I'm after - I'm assuming you're noticing the lack of\n>> camelCase? To be honest, that came from zsh autosuggestions, which are all\n>> lower-case for some reason.\n>\n>No, case shouldn't matter. I'm noticing the it looks like\n>\n>\tfoo.bar=baz\n>\n>instead of\n>\n>\t[foo]\n>\t\tbar = baz\n>\n>(i.e. it seems to be some syntax other than ini syntax). E.g. I tried\n>\n>\techo a.b=c >test.config\n>\tgit config -f test.config -l\n>\n>and get\n>\n>\tfatal: bad config line 1 in file test.config\n>\n>Thanks,\n>Jonathan\n\nI realized what my issue was when looking closer at the documentation - \nthe smtp-server-option needs to be included as separate lines:\n\n[sendemail]\n\tsmtpserveroption = --account\n\tsmtpserveroption = \n\nI'm assuming this is intended behavior.\n\nThanks for your help,\nChris\n"}]}