From: Sotir Danailov <sndanailov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> New explanation for the difference between these values. It's hard to understand what they do based only on the names. Signed-off-by: Sotir Danailov <sndanailov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/git-send-email.txt | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt index 3290043053..4db32f05f0 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt @@ -178,8 +178,11 @@ Sending for `sendmail` in `/usr/sbin`, `/usr/lib` and $PATH. --smtp-encryption=<encryption>:: - Specify the encryption to use, either 'ssl' or 'tls'. Any other - value reverts to plain SMTP. Default is the value of + Specify the encryption to use, either 'ssl' or 'tls'. Any other + value reverts to plain SMTP. The difference between the two for Git is + that 'ssl' uses implicit encryption and defaults to port 465, 'tls' + uses explicit encryption and defaults to port 25. Other ports might be + used by the SMTP server. Default is the value of `sendemail.smtpEncryption`. --smtp-domain=<FQDN>:: -- 2.37.3
