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[PATCH 1/9] send-email: further document missing sendmail aliases functionality

From
Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Date
May 31, 2015, 22:29 UTC
Message-ID
<1433111371-19573-2-git-send-email-sunshine@sunshineco.com>
In-Reply-To
<1433111371-19573-1-git-send-email-sunshine@sunshineco.com>

Sendmail aliases[1] supports expansion to a file ("/path/name") or pipe ("|command"), as well as file inclusion (":include: /path/name"), however, our implementation does not support such functionality.

[1]: https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=aliases&sektion=5
Signed-off-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
---
 Documentation/git-send-email.txt | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
index b48a764..e6d466e 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
@@ -396,6 +396,9 @@ sendmail;;
 	contain a `"` symbol are ignored.
 *	Line continuations are not supported: lines that start with
 	whitespace characters, or end with a `\` symbol are ignored.
+*	Redirection to a file (`/path/name`) or pipe (`|command`) is not
+	supported.
+*	File inclusion (`:include: /path/name`) is not supported.
 *	Warnings are printed on the standard error output for any
 	explicitly unsupported constructs, and any other lines that are not
 	recognized by the parser.
-- 
2.4.2.538.g5f4350e
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Message 2 of 15 in “send-email: add sendmail aliases line continuation support”
  1. 0/9 send-email: add sendmail aliases line continuation supportEric Sunshine, May 31, 2015
  2. 1/9 send-email: further document missing sendmail aliases functionalityEric Sunshine, May 31, 2015
  3. Allen HubbeJun 1, 2015
  4. Eric SunshineJun 1, 2015
  5. Allen HubbeJun 1, 2015
  6. 2/9 send-email: visually distinguish sendmail aliases parser warningsEric Sunshine, May 31, 2015
  7. 3/9 send-email: drop noise comments which merely repeat what code saysEric Sunshine, May 31, 2015
  8. 4/9 send-email: fix style: cuddle 'elsif' and 'else' with closing braceEric Sunshine, May 31, 2015
  9. 5/9 send-email: refactor sendmail aliases parserEric Sunshine, May 31, 2015
  10. 6/9 send-email: simplify sendmail aliases comment and blank line recognizerEric Sunshine, May 31, 2015
  11. Eric SunshineJun 1, 2015
  12. 7/9 send-email: implement sendmail aliases line continuation supportEric Sunshine, May 31, 2015
  13. 8/9 t9001: refactor sendmail aliases test infrastructureEric Sunshine, May 31, 2015
  14. 9/9 t9001: add sendmail aliases line continuation testsEric Sunshine, May 31, 2015
  15. Allen HubbeJun 1, 2015

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