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[PATCH/RFC v2 4/5] send-email: allow multiple emails using --cc, --to and --bcc

From
Remi Lespinet <remi.lespinet@ensimag.grenoble-inp.fr>
Date
Jun 6, 2015, 16:59 UTC
Message-ID
<1433609976-1868-4-git-send-email-remi.lespinet@ensimag.grenoble-inp.fr>
In-Reply-To
<1433609976-1868-1-git-send-email-remi.lespinet@ensimag.grenoble-inp.fr>
From: Jorge Juan Garcia Garcia <Jorge-Juan.Garcia-Garcia@ensimag.imag.fr>

Accept a list of emails separated by commas in flags --cc, --to and --bcc. Multiple addresses can already be given by using these options multiple times, but it is more convenient to allow cutting-and-pasting a list of addresses from the header of an existing e-mail message, which already lists them as comma-separated list, as a value to a single parameter.

The following format can now be used:
    $ git send-email --to='Jane <jdoe@example.com>, mike@example.com'
However format using commas in names doesn't work:
    $ git send-email --to='"Jane, Doe" <jdoe@example.com>'

Remove the limitation imposed by 79ee555b (Check and document the options to prevent mistakes, 2006-06-21) which rejected every argument with comma in --cc, --to and --bcc.

Helped-by: Remi Lespinet <remi.lespinet@ensimag.grenoble-inp.fr>
Signed-off-by: Mathieu Lienard--Mayor <Mathieu.Lienard--Mayor@ensimag.imag.fr>
Signed-off-by: Jorge Juan Garcia Garcia <Jorge-Juan.Garcia-Garcia@ensimag.imag.fr>
Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@grenoble-inp.fr>
Signed-off-by: Remi Lespinet <remi.lespinet@ensimag.grenoble-inp.fr>
---
 I've added a test using aliases in an email-list, that's why I
 kept the expected test (instead of grouping it with the test "use
 email list in --cc --to and --bcc" as suggested in the previous
 RFC).
 Maybe it is better to delete the "use email list in --cc --to
 and --bcc" and group the two other in a single test ?
 Documentation/git-send-email.txt | 21 +++++++++++++------
 git-send-email.perl              | 23 ++++++++-------------
 t/t9001-send-email.sh            | 44 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 68 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
index 8045546..0146164 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
@@ -49,17 +49,23 @@ Composing
 	of 'sendemail.annotate'. See the CONFIGURATION section for
 	'sendemail.multiEdit'.
 
---bcc=<address>::
+--bcc=<address>,...::
 	Specify a "Bcc:" value for each email. Default is the value of
 	'sendemail.bcc'.
 +
-The --bcc option must be repeated for each user you want on the bcc list.
+Addresses containing commas ("Doe, Jane" <foobar@example.com>) are not
+currently supported.
++
+This option may be specified multiple times.
 
---cc=<address>::
+--cc=<address>,...::
 	Specify a starting "Cc:" value for each email.
 	Default is the value of 'sendemail.cc'.
 +
-The --cc option must be repeated for each user you want on the cc list.
+Addresses containing commas ("Doe, Jane" <foobar@example.com>) are not
+currently supported.
++
+This option may be specified multiple times.
 
 --compose::
 	Invoke a text editor (see GIT_EDITOR in linkgit:git-var[1])
@@ -110,13 +116,16 @@ is not set, this will be prompted for.
 	Only necessary if --compose is also set.  If --compose
 	is not set, this will be prompted for.
 
---to=<address>::
+--to=<address>,...::
 	Specify the primary recipient of the emails generated. Generally, this
 	will be the upstream maintainer of the project involved. Default is the
 	value of the 'sendemail.to' configuration value; if that is unspecified,
 	and --to-cmd is not specified, this will be prompted for.
 +
-The --to option must be repeated for each user you want on the to list.
+Addresses containing commas ("Doe, Jane" <foobar@example.com>) are not
+currently supported.
++
+This option may be specified multiple times.
 
 --8bit-encoding=<encoding>::
 	When encountering a non-ASCII message or subject that does not
diff --git a/git-send-email.perl b/git-send-email.perl
index 0cac4b0..4bc489d 100755
--- a/git-send-email.perl
+++ b/git-send-email.perl
@@ -460,20 +460,6 @@ my ($repoauthor, $repocommitter);
 ($repoauthor) = Git::ident_person(@repo, 'author');
 ($repocommitter) = Git::ident_person(@repo, 'committer');
 
-# Verify the user input
-
-foreach my $entry (@initial_to) {
-	die "Comma in --to entry: $entry'\n" unless $entry !~ m/,/;
-}
-
-foreach my $entry (@initial_cc) {
-	die "Comma in --cc entry: $entry'\n" unless $entry !~ m/,/;
-}
-
-foreach my $entry (@bcclist) {
-	die "Comma in --bcclist entry: $entry'\n" unless $entry !~ m/,/;
-}
-
 sub parse_address_line {
 	if ($have_mail_address) {
 		return map { $_->format } Mail::Address->parse($_[0]);
@@ -808,10 +794,13 @@ sub expand_one_alias {
 	return $aliases{$alias} ? expand_aliases(@{$aliases{$alias}}) : $alias;
 }
 
+@initial_to = split_at_commas(@initial_to);
 @initial_to = expand_aliases(@initial_to);
 @initial_to = validate_address_list(sanitize_address_list(@initial_to));
+@initial_cc = split_at_commas(@initial_cc);
 @initial_cc = expand_aliases(@initial_cc);
 @initial_cc = validate_address_list(sanitize_address_list(@initial_cc));
+@bcclist = split_at_commas(@bcclist);
 @bcclist = expand_aliases(@bcclist);
 @bcclist = validate_address_list(sanitize_address_list(@bcclist));
 
@@ -1026,6 +1015,10 @@ sub sanitize_address_list {
 	return (map { sanitize_address($_) } @_);
 }
 
+sub split_at_commas {
+	return (map { split /\s*,\s*/, $_ } @_);
+}
+
 # Returns the local Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) if available.
 #
 # Tightly configured MTAa require that a caller sends a real DNS
@@ -1535,8 +1528,10 @@ foreach my $t (@files) {
 		($confirm =~ /^(?:auto|compose)$/ && $compose && $message_num == 1));
 	$needs_confirm = "inform" if ($needs_confirm && $confirm_unconfigured && @cc);
 
+	@to = split_at_commas(@to);
 	@to = expand_aliases(@to);
 	@to = validate_address_list(sanitize_address_list(@to));
+	@cc = split_at_commas(@cc);
 	@cc = expand_aliases(@cc);
 	@cc = validate_address_list(sanitize_address_list(@cc));
 
diff --git a/t/t9001-send-email.sh b/t/t9001-send-email.sh
index 806f066..9aee474 100755
--- a/t/t9001-send-email.sh
+++ b/t/t9001-send-email.sh
@@ -1648,4 +1648,48 @@ test_expect_success $PREREQ '--[no-]xmailer with sendemail.xmailer=false' '
 	do_xmailer_test 1 "--xmailer"
 '
 
+test_expect_success $PREREQ 'setup expected-list' '
+	git send-email \
+	--dry-run \
+	--from="Example <from@example.com>" \
+	--to="To 1 <to1@example.com>" \
+	--to="to2@example.com" \
+	--to="to3@example.com" \
+	--cc="Cc 1 <cc1@example.com>" \
+	--cc="Cc2 <cc2@example.com>" \
+	--bcc="bcc1@example.com" \
+	--bcc="bcc2@example.com" \
+	0001-add-master.patch | replace_variable_fields \
+	>expected-list
+'
+
+test_expect_success $PREREQ 'use email list in --cc --to and --bcc' '
+	git send-email \
+	--dry-run \
+	--from="Example <from@example.com>" \
+	--to="To 1 <to1@example.com>, to2@example.com" \
+	--to="to3@example.com" \
+	--cc="Cc 1 <cc1@example.com>, Cc2 <cc2@example.com>" \
+	--bcc="bcc1@example.com, bcc2@example.com" \
+	0001-add-master.patch | replace_variable_fields \
+	>actual-list &&
+	test_cmp expected-list actual-list
+'
+
+test_expect_success $PREREQ 'aliases work with email list' '
+	echo "alias to2 to2@example.com" >.mutt &&
+	echo "alias cc1 Cc 1 <cc1@example.com>" >>.mutt &&
+	test_config sendemail.aliasesfile ".mutt" &&
+	test_config sendemail.aliasfiletype mutt &&
+	git send-email \
+	--dry-run \
+	--from="Example <from@example.com>" \
+	--to="To 1 <to1@example.com>, to2, to3@example.com" \
+	--cc="cc1, Cc2 <cc2@example.com>" \
+	--bcc="bcc1@example.com, bcc2@example.com" \
+	0001-add-master.patch | replace_variable_fields \
+	>actual-list &&
+	test_cmp expected-list actual-list
+'
+
 test_done
-- 
1.9.1
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  2. 2/5 send-email: allow aliases in patch header and command script outputsRemi Lespinet, Jun 6, 2015
  3. 3/5 t9001-send-email: refactor header variable fields replacementRemi Lespinet, Jun 6, 2015
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  5. 5/5 send-email: refactor address list processRemi Lespinet, Jun 6, 2015
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  9. 5/5 send-email: refactor address list processRemi Lespinet, Jun 8, 2015
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