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Re: [PATCH] doc/git-send-email: mention sendemail.cc config variable

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Markus Heidelberg <markus.heidelberg@web.de>
Date
Jan 1, 2009, 23:40 UTC
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<200901020040.41399.markus.heidelberg@web.de>
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Thomas Rast, 29.12.2008:
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> Markus Heidelberg wrote:
> >  	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.
> 
> Judging from the source, this is not a default value that you can
> override: any recipients listed in sendemail.cc configuration(s) are
> always added to the Cc list.  The same goes for --bcc and
> sendemail.bcc however, which uses the exact same formulation.

I just tested it with --dry-run: the command line options for all three header lines (to cc bcc) override the corresponding config settings. So the formulation is correct: the settings are only default values.

Markus
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  1. doc/git-send-email: mention sendemail.cc config variableMarkus Heidelberg, Dec 28, 2008
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  3. Markus HeidelbergDec 29, 2008
  4. Junio C HamanoDec 30, 2008
  5. Markus HeidelbergJan 1, 2009
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