It wouldn't make sense for these configuration variables to be required for Git in general to function. 'Required' in this context means required for git imap-send to work. Noticed while trying to figure out what the sentence describing imap.tunnel meant. [jn: expanded to also simplify explanation of imap.folder and imap.host in the same way] Signed-off-by: brian m. carlson <sandals@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@xxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/git-imap-send.txt | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt b/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt index 875d283..d3b465d 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt @@ -38,17 +38,17 @@ Variables imap.folder:: The folder to drop the mails into, which is typically the Drafts folder. For example: "INBOX.Drafts", "INBOX/Drafts" or - "[Gmail]/Drafts". Required to use imap-send. + "[Gmail]/Drafts". Required. imap.tunnel:: Command used to setup a tunnel to the IMAP server through which commands will be piped instead of using a direct network connection - to the server. Required when imap.host is not set to use imap-send. + to the server. Required when imap.host is not set. imap.host:: A URL identifying the server. Use a `imap://` prefix for non-secure connections and a `imaps://` prefix for secure connections. - Ignored when imap.tunnel is set, but required to use imap-send + Ignored when imap.tunnel is set, but required. otherwise. imap.user:: -- 2.0.1 -- 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