# Re: [RFC] E-mail aliases 4 messages from 2006-12-12 to 2006-12-12. Participants: Junio C Hamano, Catalin Marinas, Eric Wong. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/43266 ## Catalin Marinas, 2006-12-12 12:49 Subject: [RFC] E-mail aliases Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/b0943d9e0612120449k4a13ac85t313df1e460ed46e4%40mail.gmail.com ``` Hi, I added a feature to StGIT (not released yet) so that one can specify an alias instead of a complete e-mail address on the command line (or in the template file), i.e.: stg mail --to=lkml sets the "To:" header to "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org". The aliases are read from the [aliases] section in the gitconfig files ("git repo-config aliases.lkml" in this case). I just want to make sure than there isn't any other intended use for the [aliases] section in the config files. Thanks. -- ``` ## Junio C Hamano, 2006-12-12 18:37 Subject: Re: [RFC] E-mail aliases Message-ID: <7vvekhufib.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/7vvekhufib.fsf%40assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net In-Reply-To: ``` "Catalin Marinas" writes: > sets the "To:" header to "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org". > > The aliases are read from the [aliases] section in the gitconfig files > ("git repo-config aliases.lkml" in this case). I just want to make > sure than there isn't any other intended use for the [aliases] section > in the config files. [alias] is used to hold command-line alias, and it seems slightly confusing to have two sections that mean something quite different. Perhaps [mail "alias"] lkml = linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org if we are going to have other mail-related configurations that might turn out be handy. send-email would want smtp-server in there, for example. ``` ## Eric Wong, 2006-12-12 19:35 Subject: Re: [RFC] E-mail aliases Message-ID: <20061212193513.GA3984@localdomain> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20061212193513.GA3984%40localdomain In-Reply-To: ``` Catalin Marinas wrote: > Hi, > > I added a feature to StGIT (not released yet) so that one can specify > an alias instead of a complete e-mail address on the command line (or > in the template file), i.e.: > > stg mail --to=lkml git-send-email can be configured to parse mutt, mailrc, pine and gnu alias files. I use the mutt one extensively myself and find it very useful. -- ``` ## Catalin Marinas, 2006-12-12 22:36 Subject: Re: [RFC] E-mail aliases Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/b0943d9e0612121436u6cf7c200i92ba056103a80b13%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: <7vvekhufib.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> ``` On 12/12/06, Junio C Hamano wrote: > "Catalin Marinas" writes: > > > sets the "To:" header to "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org". > > > > The aliases are read from the [aliases] section in the gitconfig files > > ("git repo-config aliases.lkml" in this case). I just want to make > > sure than there isn't any other intended use for the [aliases] section > > in the config files. > > [alias] is used to hold command-line alias, and it seems > slightly confusing to have two sections that mean something > quite different. Didn't know about [alias]. It is indeed confusing to have [aliases] as well. > Perhaps > > [mail "alias"] > lkml = linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org The other option would be to teach stgit to parse alias files used by mutt etc. as Eric mentioned in the other e-mail (and it doesn't look difficult). The problem is that you would need to know how to generate them manually if you use other e-mail clients or web-based services. > if we are going to have other mail-related configurations that > might turn out be handy. send-email would want smtp-server in > there, for example. At a quick look, it seems that git-send-email already uses a [sendemail] section. StGIT currently reads the smtpserver and authentication information from the [stgit] section. -- ```