Merge branch 'js/rsync-local' into maint

[git.git] / Documentation / git-send-email.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
index ff4aeff4e6d1df6840b500dafb19fc97e2197d68..fc0a4ab441d0ee55f44450d2722187e975f84f44 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
@@ -19,6 +19,19 @@ The header of the email is configurable by command line options.  If not
 specified on the command line, the user will be prompted with a ReadLine
 enabled interface to provide the necessary information.
 
+There are two formats accepted for patch files:
+
+1. mbox format files
++
+This is what linkgit:git-format-patch[1] generates.  Most headers and MIME
+formatting are ignored.
+
+2. The original format used by Greg Kroah-Hartman's 'send_lots_of_email.pl'
+script
++
+This format expects the first line of the file to contain the "Cc:" value
+and the "Subject:" of the message as the second line.
+
 
 OPTIONS
 -------
@@ -164,14 +177,25 @@ Automating
 
 --suppress-cc::
        Specify an additional category of recipients to suppress the
-       auto-cc of.  'self' will avoid including the sender, 'author' will
-       avoid including the patch author, 'cc' will avoid including anyone
-       mentioned in Cc lines in the patch, 'sob' will avoid including
-       anyone mentioned in Signed-off-by lines, and 'cccmd' will avoid
-       running the --cc-cmd.  'all' will suppress all auto cc values.
-       Default is the value of 'sendemail.suppresscc' configuration value;
-       if that is unspecified, default to 'self' if --suppress-from is
-       specified, as well as 'sob' if --no-signed-off-cc is specified.
+       auto-cc of:
++
+--
+- 'author' will avoid including the patch author
+- 'self' will avoid including the sender
+- 'cc' will avoid including anyone mentioned in Cc lines in the patch header
+  except for self (use 'self' for that).
+- 'ccbody' will avoid including anyone mentioned in Cc lines in the
+  patch body (commit message) except for self (use 'self' for that).
+- 'sob' will avoid including anyone mentioned in Signed-off-by lines except
+   for self (use 'self' for that).
+- 'cccmd' will avoid running the --cc-cmd.
+- 'body' is equivalent to 'sob' + 'ccbody'
+- 'all' will suppress all auto cc values.
+--
++
+Default is the value of 'sendemail.suppresscc' configuration value; if
+that is unspecified, default to 'self' if --suppress-from is
+specified, as well as 'body' if --no-signed-off-cc is specified.
 
 --[no-]suppress-from::
        If this is set, do not add the From: address to the cc: list.