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[PATCH] send-email: document the --smtp-debug option

From
Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl>
Date
Feb 27, 2012, 16:22 UTC
Message-ID
<1330359773-16759-1-git-send-email-zbyszek@in.waw.pl>
In-Reply-To
<87ehtiu5dg.fsf@smith.obbligato.org>

The option was already shown in -h output, so it should be documented in the man page.

Signed-off-by: Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl>
Suggested-by: David A. Greene <greened@obbligato.org>
---
David Greene wrote:
> I don't think --smtp-debug is documented in the man pages.  Was that a
> deliberate decision or an oversight?
 Documentation/git-send-email.txt |    4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
index 327233c..3241170 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
@@ -198,6 +198,10 @@ must be used for each option.
 	if a username is not specified (with '--smtp-user' or 'sendemail.smtpuser'),
 	then authentication is not attempted.
 
+--smtp-debug=0|1::
+	Enable (1) or disable (0) debug output. If enabled, SMTP
+	commands and replies will be printed. Useful to debug TLS
+	connection and authentication problems.
 
 Automating
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Next: Junio C Hamano
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  1. send-email: document the --smtp-debug optionZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek, Feb 27, 2012
  2. Junio C HamanoFeb 27, 2012

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