Re: [PATCH v3] git-send-email: use ! to indicate relative path to command

From: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
Date: May 11, 2021, 22:07 UTC
Message-ID: <609b0017a323b_6064920888@natae.notmuch>
In-Reply-To: <YJrsTu5YtGNpQvZh@gpanders.com>

Gregory Anders wrote:

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> On Tue, 11 May 2021 15:03 -0500, Felipe Contreras wrote:
> >Is there any particular reason why we are checking for an absolute 
> >path?
> 
> The existing behavior is that the value of smtpServer is a hostname of a 
> server, *unless* it is an absolute path in which case it is interpreted 
> as a program to use to send the mail (e.g. a sendmail alternative or 
> msmtp).

I see. That's unfortunate.

It would be much better to have sendemail.program, and then we wouldn't needto deal with these workarounds.

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Felipe Contreras