Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> writes: >> Obviously this is not a *huge* deal, but it is a minor annoyance. I'm >> wondering if it would be possible to add a new syntax to config options like >> this. For example, >> >> [sendemail] >> smtpServer = !msmtp >> >> The leading ! character says "the following value is a command that should >> be looked up in PATH". This is congruent with alias definitions, where the >> leading ! means to run the following value as a command directly instead of >> as a git subcommand. >> >> This also is unambiguous since server hostnames will never begin with a ! >> character. > > IMHO this is a good path forward. There's a thread from a few months ago > which talks about this idea: > > https://lore.kernel.org/git/YCvotU6KVruFuf9%2F@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ > > There's some back and forth, and I'm not sure if I convinced Junio in > the end. But certainly a patch would be a good way to restart the > conversation. :) The argument is not just about configuration but applies equally to its command line argument "--smtp-server=<what>", right? I think it makes sense in both of these places. I further wonder if we should allow not just a single token, but supplying an initial few arguments, too, e.g. git send-email --smtp-server="/usr/bin/env msmtp" git send-email --smtp-server="!my-msa --emulate-sendmail" Thanks.
