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Re: [PATCH] git-send-email: Add --suppress-all-from option.

From
Brian Swetland <swetland@google.com>
Date
Dec 21, 2007, 11:14 UTC
Message-ID
<20071221111412.GA8695@bulgaria.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To
<1198216860-487-1-git-send-email-git@davidb.org>
[David Brown <git@davidb.org>]
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> Sometimes, it is useful to be able to send a patch to a third party
> without the author of the patch being copied on the message.  An
> common example would be an internal discussion at a company to ask if
> a particular patch should be applied.  Some environments may even have
> policy against such mail being sent outside of the company.
> 
> Add the --suppress-all-from/--no-suppress-all-from options to avoid
> sending patches to the patch author, even if different from the
> sender.  Add the sendemail.suppressallfrom config option to allow this
> to have a different default.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Brown <git@davidb.org>
Yes-Please: Brian Swetland <swetland@google.com>

This has caused me some pain previously, and just earlier today I received an internal patch mail from somebody at another company who almost certainly did not intend to cc me.

Brian
Previous: Joel BeckerNext: Junio C Hamano
Message 3 of 17 in “git-send-email: Add --suppress-all-from option.”
  1. git-send-email: Add --suppress-all-from option.David Brown, Dec 21, 2007
  2. Joel BeckerDec 21, 2007
  3. Brian SwetlandDec 21, 2007
  4. Junio C HamanoDec 21, 2007
  5. Joel BeckerDec 21, 2007
  6. Theodore TsoDec 22, 2007
  7. David BrownDec 21, 2007
  8. git-send-email: Generalize auto-cc recipient mechanism.David Brown, Dec 24, 2007
  9. Joel BeckerDec 24, 2007
  10. git-send-email: Add --suppress-cc allDavid Brown, Dec 24, 2007
  11. Joel BeckerDec 24, 2007
  12. git-send-email: Generalize auto-cc recipient mechanism.David Brown, Dec 24, 2007
  13. Junio C HamanoDec 25, 2007
  14. David BrownDec 26, 2007
  15. git-send-email: Generalize auto-cc recipient mechanism.David Brown, Dec 26, 2007
  16. SeanDec 26, 2007
  17. David BrownDec 26, 2007

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