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[PATCH 1/2] git-send-email: Document support for local sendmail instead of SMTP server

From
Sergey Vlasov <vsu@altlinux.ru>
Date
Oct 29, 2006, 19:31 UTC
Message-ID
<11621502993406-git-send-email-vsu@altlinux.ru>
Fix the --smtp-server option description to match reality.
Signed-off-by: Sergey Vlasov <vsu@altlinux.ru>
---
 Documentation/git-send-email.txt |    7 +++++--
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
index 481b3f5..ec0e201 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
@@ -66,8 +66,11 @@ The options available are:
 	all that is output.
 
 --smtp-server::
-	If set, specifies the outgoing SMTP server to use.  Defaults to
-	localhost.
+	If set, specifies the outgoing SMTP server to use.  A full
+	pathname of a sendmail-like program can be specified instead;
+	the program must support the `-i` option.  Defaults to
+	`/usr/sbin/sendmail` or `/usr/lib/sendmail` if such program is
+	available, or to `localhost` otherwise.
 
 --subject::
    	Specify the initial subject of the email thread.
-- 
1.4.3.3.ge502
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