On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 11:04 AM, Richard Yang <weiyang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 10:23:21AM +0200, Erik Faye-Lund wrote: >>On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 9:32 AM, Richard Yang >><weiyang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> Hi, experts >>> >>> I read the git-send-email manual and find the --smtp-server option can >>> specify the sendmail-like program to send mail. >>> >>> Then I use this option in command line >>> --smtp-server=/usr/bin/msmtp >>> This works. >>> >>> While I found it not very convenient to write the option on command line >>> every time, then I wrote it in the .gitconfig file in my home directory. >>> >>> [sendmail] >>> smtpserver = /usr/bin/msmtp >>> smtppass = 123456 >>> smtpuser = weiyang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> smtpserverport = 143 >> >>The configuration-section for git send-mail is actually spelled >>"sendemail", and not "sendmail". Notice the additional 'e'. > Oops, a stupid mistake. > > Thanks all :) Well, I've always been slightly annoyed by the "send-mail" vs "sendemail" inconsistency. Perhaps we could do something along these lines (plus all documentation-updates, omitted for clarity) to reduce the risk of confusion? Yeah, the leaking of $identity between different sections is a bit suboptimal, but as a fallback-mechanism I don't think it actually matters much. diff --git a/git-send-email.perl b/git-send-email.perl index 03292fd..d167d96 100755 --- a/git-send-email.perl +++ b/git-send-email.perl @@ -375,7 +375,11 @@ sub read_config { } } -# read configuration from [sendemail "$identity"], fall back on [sendemail] +# read configuration from [sendmail "$identity"], fall back on [sendmail] +$identity = Git::config(@repo, "sendmail.identity") unless (defined $identity); +read_config("sendmail.$identity") if (defined $identity); +read_config("sendmail"); +# same as above, but with legacy "sendemail" $identity = Git::config(@repo, "sendemail.identity") unless (defined $identity); read_config("sendemail.$identity") if (defined $identity); read_config("sendemail"); -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html