[PATCH RESEND] send-email: add 'specify-author' option

[Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@xxxxxxxxx>]

Some mail servers (Microsoft Exchange) mangle the 'From' header, so
while applying the patches, the author has to be fixed manually.

This option allows to always specify the author of the commit in the
body of the message, even if the committer is the author.

Signed-off-by: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 Documentation/git-send-email.txt |    4 ++++
 git-send-email.perl              |    9 +++++++--
 t/t9001-send-email.sh            |   12 ++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
index 3241170..9bd1379 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
@@ -126,6 +126,10 @@ The --to option must be repeated for each user you want on the to list.
 +
 Note that no attempts whatsoever are made to validate the encoding.
 
+--specify-author::
+	Always specify the author of the commit in the body of the message,
+	even if the committer is the author. This is useful if the 'From'
+	header is mangled by some mail server.
 
 Sending
 ~~~~~~~
diff --git a/git-send-email.perl b/git-send-email.perl
index ef30c55..f18ad16 100755
--- a/git-send-email.perl
+++ b/git-send-email.perl
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ git send-email [options] <file | directory | rev-list options >
     --annotate                     * Review each patch that will be sent in an editor.
     --compose                      * Open an editor for introduction.
     --8bit-encoding         <str>  * Encoding to assume 8bit mails if undeclared
+    --specify-author               * Always specify the author of the commit in
+			             the body of the message.
 
   Sending:
     --envelope-sender       <str>  * Email envelope sender.
@@ -198,6 +200,7 @@ my ($identity, $aliasfiletype, @alias_files, $smtp_domain);
 my ($validate, $confirm);
 my (@suppress_cc);
 my ($auto_8bit_encoding);
+my ($specify_author);
 
 my ($debug_net_smtp) = 0;		# Net::SMTP, see send_message()
 
@@ -210,7 +213,8 @@ my %config_bool_settings = (
     "signedoffbycc" => [\$signed_off_by_cc, undef],
     "signedoffcc" => [\$signed_off_by_cc, undef],      # Deprecated
     "validate" => [\$validate, 1],
-    "multiedit" => [\$multiedit, undef]
+    "multiedit" => [\$multiedit, undef],
+    "specifyauthor" => [\$specify_author, undef],
 );
 
 my %config_settings = (
@@ -316,6 +320,7 @@ my $rc = GetOptions("h" => \$help,
 		    "format-patch!" => \$format_patch,
 		    "8bit-encoding=s" => \$auto_8bit_encoding,
 		    "force" => \$force,
+		    "specify-author!" => \$specify_author,
 	 );
 
 usage() if $help;
@@ -1310,7 +1315,7 @@ foreach my $t (@files) {
 		$subject = quote_rfc2047($subject, $auto_8bit_encoding);
 	}
 
-	if (defined $author and $author ne $sender) {
+	if (defined $author and ($author ne $sender or $specify_author)) {
 		$message = "From: $author\n\n$message";
 		if (defined $author_encoding) {
 			if ($has_content_type) {
diff --git a/t/t9001-send-email.sh b/t/t9001-send-email.sh
index 8c12c65..1dab17e 100755
--- a/t/t9001-send-email.sh
+++ b/t/t9001-send-email.sh
@@ -281,6 +281,18 @@ test_expect_success $PREREQ 'Author From: not in message body' '
 	! grep "From: A <author@xxxxxxxxxxx>" msgbody1
 '
 
+test_expect_success $PREREQ 'Author From: in message body (forced)' '
+	clean_fake_sendmail &&
+	git send-email \
+		--from="A <author@xxxxxxxxxxx>" \
+		--to=nobody@xxxxxxxxxxx \
+		--smtp-server="$(pwd)/fake.sendmail" \
+		--specify-author \
+		$patches &&
+	sed "1,/^\$/d" < msgtxt1 > msgbody1 &&
+	grep "From: A <author@xxxxxxxxxxx>" msgbody1
+'
+
 test_expect_success $PREREQ 'allow long lines with --no-validate' '
 	git send-email \
 		--from="Example <nobody@xxxxxxxxxxx>" \
-- 
1.7.9.6

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