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Re: [RFC][PATCH] send-email: add --[no-]xmailer option

From
Luis Henriques <henrix@camandro.org>
Date
Dec 2, 2014, 19:32 UTC
Message-ID
<20141202193243.GA2999@charon.olymp>
In-Reply-To
<20140324213814.GA1267@achilles.my.domain>
On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 09:38:27PM +0000, Luis Henriques wrote:
> Add --[no-]xmailer that allows a user to disable adding the 'X-Mailer:'
> header to the email being sent.
>
Ping

It's been a while since I sent this patch. Is there any interest in having this switch in git-send-email?

I honestly don't like disclosing too much information about my system, in this case which MUA I'm using and its version.

Cheers,
-- 
Luís

> Signed-off-by: Luis Henriques <henrix@camandro.org>
> ---
>  Documentation/config.txt         |  1 +
>  Documentation/git-send-email.txt |  3 +++
>  git-send-email.perl              | 12 ++++++++++--
>  3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
> index 73c8973..c33d5a1 100644
> --- a/Documentation/config.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/config.txt
> @@ -2222,6 +2222,7 @@ sendemail.smtpserveroption::
>  sendemail.smtpuser::
>  sendemail.thread::
>  sendemail.validate::
> +sendemail.xmailer::
>  	See linkgit:git-send-email[1] for description.
>  
>  sendemail.signedoffcc::
> diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
> index f0e57a5..fab6264 100644
> --- a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
> @@ -131,6 +131,9 @@ Note that no attempts whatsoever are made to validate the encoding.
>  	Specify encoding of compose message. Default is the value of the
>  	'sendemail.composeencoding'; if that is unspecified, UTF-8 is assumed.
>  
> +--xmailer::
> +	Prevent adding the "X-Mailer:" header.  Default value is
> +	'sendemail.xmailer'.
>  
>  Sending
>  ~~~~~~~
> diff --git a/git-send-email.perl b/git-send-email.perl
> index fdb0029..8789124 100755
> --- a/git-send-email.perl
> +++ b/git-send-email.perl
> @@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ git send-email [options] <file | directory | rev-list options >
>      --[no-]bcc              <str>  * Email Bcc:
>      --subject               <str>  * Email "Subject:"
>      --in-reply-to           <str>  * Email "In-Reply-To:"
> +    --[no-]xmailer                 * Don't add "X-Mailer:" header.  Default on.
>      --[no-]annotate                * Review each patch that will be sent in an editor.
>      --compose                      * Open an editor for introduction.
>      --compose-encoding      <str>  * Encoding to assume for introduction.
> @@ -174,6 +175,9 @@ my $force = 0;
>  my $multiedit;
>  my $editor;
>  
> +# Usage of X-Mailer email header
> +my $xmailer;
> +
>  sub do_edit {
>  	if (!defined($editor)) {
>  		$editor = Git::command_oneline('var', 'GIT_EDITOR');
> @@ -214,7 +218,8 @@ my %config_bool_settings = (
>      "signedoffcc" => [\$signed_off_by_cc, undef],      # Deprecated
>      "validate" => [\$validate, 1],
>      "multiedit" => [\$multiedit, undef],
> -    "annotate" => [\$annotate, undef]
> +    "annotate" => [\$annotate, undef],
> +    "xmailer" => [\$xmailer, 1]
>  );
>  
>  my %config_settings = (
> @@ -311,6 +316,7 @@ my $rc = GetOptions("h" => \$help,
>  		    "8bit-encoding=s" => \$auto_8bit_encoding,
>  		    "compose-encoding=s" => \$compose_encoding,
>  		    "force" => \$force,
> +		    "xmailer!" => \$xmailer,
>  	 );
>  
>  usage() if $help;
> @@ -1144,8 +1150,10 @@ To: $to${ccline}
>  Subject: $subject
>  Date: $date
>  Message-Id: $message_id
> -X-Mailer: git-send-email $gitversion
>  ";
> +	if ($xmailer) {
> +		$header .= "X-Mailer: git-send-email $gitversion\n";
> +	}
>  	if ($reply_to) {
>  
>  		$header .= "In-Reply-To: $reply_to\n";
> -- 
> 1.9.1
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