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[PATCH RFC 01/10] Docs: send-email: Put options back into alphabetical order

From
Michael Witten <mfwitten@gmail.com>
Date
Apr 11, 2009, 19:08 UTC
Message-ID
<1239476908-25944-1-git-send-email-mfwitten@gmail.com>
I also wrote a comment block as a warning to trespassers.
Signed-off-by: Michael Witten <mfwitten@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/git-send-email.txt |   26 +++++++++++++++-----------
 1 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
index 0b1f183..595c7ba 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ script
 This format expects the first line of the file to contain the "Cc:" value
 and the "Subject:" of the message as the second line.
 
+/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//// Within each category (Composing, Sending, Automating, and Administering),   ////
+//// options are to be given in alphabetical order. Please maintain this layout. ////
+/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
 OPTIONS
 -------
@@ -39,6 +43,11 @@ OPTIONS
 Composing
 ~~~~~~~~~
 
+--annotate::
+	Review each patch you're about to send in an editor. The setting
+	'sendemail.multiedit' defines if this will spawn one editor per patch
+	or one for all of them at once.
+
 --bcc=<address>::
 	Specify a "Bcc:" value for each email. Default is the value of
 	'sendemail.bcc'.
@@ -51,11 +60,6 @@ The --bcc option must be repeated for each user you want on the bcc list.
 +
 The --cc option must be repeated for each user you want on the cc list.
 
---annotate::
-	Review each patch you're about to send in an editor. The setting
-	'sendemail.multiedit' defines if this will spawn one editor per patch
-	or one for all of them at once.
-
 --compose::
 	Use $GIT_EDITOR, core.editor, $VISUAL, or $EDITOR to edit an
 	introductory message for the patch series.
@@ -230,6 +234,12 @@ have been specified, in which case default to 'compose'.
 --dry-run::
 	Do everything except actually send the emails.
 
+--[no-]format-patch::
+	When an argument may be understood either as a reference or as a file name,
+	choose to understand it as a format-patch argument ('--format-patch')
+	or as a file name ('--no-format-patch'). By default, when such a conflict
+	occurs, git send-email will fail.
+
 --quiet::
 	Make git-send-email less verbose.  One line per email should be
 	all that is output.
@@ -246,12 +256,6 @@ have been specified, in which case default to 'compose'.
 Default is the value of 'sendemail.validate'; if this is not set,
 default to '--validate'.
 
---[no-]format-patch::
-	When an argument may be understood either as a reference or as a file name,
-	choose to understand it as a format-patch argument ('--format-patch')
-	or as a file name ('--no-format-patch'). By default, when such a conflict
-	occurs, git send-email will fail.
-
 
 CONFIGURATION
 -------------
-- 
1.6.2.2.479.g2aec
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  1. 01/10 Docs: send-email: Put options back into alphabetical orderMichael Witten, Apr 11, 2009
  2. 02/10 Docs: send-email: Remove superfluous information in CONFIGURATIONMichael Witten, Apr 11, 2009
  3. 03/10 send-email: Cleanup the usage text and docs a bitMichael Witten, Apr 11, 2009
  4. 04/10 send-email: --smtp-server-port should take an integerMichael Witten, Apr 11, 2009
  5. 05/10 send-email: Handle "GIT:" rather than "GIT: " during --composeMichael Witten, Apr 11, 2009
  6. 06/10 send-email: References: should only reference what is actually sentMichael Witten, Apr 11, 2009
  7. 07/10 send-email: Remove horrible mix of tabs and spacesMichael Witten, Apr 11, 2009
  8. 08/10 send-email: Add --sleep for email throttlingMichael Witten, Apr 11, 2009
  9. 09/10 send-email: Minor cleanup of $smtp_server usage and send_message()Michael Witten, Apr 11, 2009
  10. 10/10 send-email: --compose takes optional argument to existing fileMichael Witten, Apr 11, 2009
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