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[PATCH 9/9] Document --dry-run and envelope-sender for git-send-email.

From
Robin H. Johnson <robbat2@gentoo.org>
Date
Apr 26, 2007, 02:37 UTC
Message-ID
<1177555043691-git-send-email-robbat2@gentoo.org>
In-Reply-To
<11775550433762-git-send-email-robbat2@gentoo.org>
From: Robin H. Johnson <robbat2@gentoo.org>
Catch the documentation up with the rest of this patchset.
Signed-off-by: Robin H. Johnson <robbat2@gentoo.org>
---
 Documentation/git-send-email.txt |    9 +++++++++
 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
index 682313e..393d79a 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
@@ -85,6 +85,15 @@ The --cc option must be repeated for each user you want on the cc list.
 	Do not add the From: address to the cc: list, if it shows up in a From:
 	line.
 
+--dry-run::
+	Do everything except actually send the emails.
+
+--envelope-sender::
+	Specify the envelope sender used to send the emails. 
+	This is useful if your default address is not the address that is
+	subscribed to a list. If you use the sendmail binary, you must have
+	suitable privileges for the -f parameter.
+
 --to::
 	Specify the primary recipient of the emails generated.
 	Generally, this will be the upstream maintainer of the
-- 
1.5.2.rc0.43.g2f4c7
Previous: Robin H. JohnsonNext: Junio C Hamano
Message 10 of 13 in “git-send-email fixes, cleanups and improvements”
  1. Robin H. JohnsonApr 26, 2007
  2. 1/9 Document --dry-run parameter to send-email.Robin H. Johnson, Apr 26, 2007
  3. 2/9 Prefix Dry- to the message status to denote dry-runs.Robin H. Johnson, Apr 26, 2007
  4. 3/9 Debugging cleanup improvementsRobin H. Johnson, Apr 26, 2007
  5. 4/9 Change the scope of the $cc variable as it is not needed outside of send_message.Robin H. Johnson, Apr 26, 2007
  6. 5/9 Perform correct quoting of recipient names.Robin H. Johnson, Apr 26, 2007
  7. 6/9 Validate @recipients before using it for sendmail and Net::SMTP.Robin H. Johnson, Apr 26, 2007
  8. 7/9 Ensure clean addresses are always used with Net::SMTPRobin H. Johnson, Apr 26, 2007
  9. 8/9 Allow users to optionally specify their envelope sender.Robin H. Johnson, Apr 26, 2007
  10. 9/9 Document --dry-run and envelope-sender for git-send-email.Robin H. Johnson, Apr 26, 2007
  11. Junio C HamanoApr 26, 2007
  12. Robin H. JohnsonApr 26, 2007
  13. 10/9 Sanitize @to recipients.Robin H. Johnson, Apr 26, 2007

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