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> On Thu, Mar 19, 2026, at 16:51, Jim Cromie wrote:
> > Enhance git-send-email to recognize executable scripts passed to --to,
> > --cc, or --bcc. When a recipient argument is an executable file, run it
> > in a subshell and use its output as the recipient list.
> >
> > This allows users to automate recipient selection using scripts like
> > get_maintainer.pl in the Linux kernel. The script is called with the
> > corresponding flag (--to, --cc, or --bcc) and all remaining command-line
> > arguments (typically the patches being sent).
> >
> > Modify execute_cmd() to support multiple arguments safely using
> > quotemeta. Add test cases to verify the new functionality and ensure
> > arguments are correctly passed to the scripts.
> >
> > Co-developed-by: Gemini CLI <gemini-cli@google.com>
>
> These are for people who can be emailed.
>
> But you’ve CCd them as well. Or was that git-send-email(1)’s action?
>
> > Signed-off-by: Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>
> > ---
> >[snip]
>
> What’s the difference between this and `--cc-cmd` and similar? I
> wouldn’t know, I don’t use these `--*cmd` options.