Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > The b4 program has its own "b4 send" utility for sending a patch series. It > is similar in many respects to git send-email. Currently, it lacks support > for processing aliases, which makes switching between git send-email and b4 > send somewhat annoying. > > It would be convenient if b4 (or other programs interacting with git) could > make use of git send-email's alias file support. > > Teach git send-email a new --translate-aliases option, which enables a new > mode for git send-email. When executed with this option, git send-email > will read standard input and convert each input according to the configured > alias file. The resulting address will be output to standard out. > > I also considered implementing a new "full" format for --dump-aliases which > would dump the entire alias file along with its configured email addresses. > I ended up dropping that change as I felt that it would be less usable than > the translation feature. > > Signed-off-by: Jacob Keller <jacob.keller@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > Changes in v2: > - Use standard input instead of command line arguments > - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240808-jk-translate-alias-send-email-v1-0-10a03b3d6b06@xxxxxxxxx > > --- > Jacob Keller (3): > t90001-send-email.sh: fix quoting for mailrc --dump-aliases test Nobody noticed the typo in the filename since the previous iteration was posted? > t9001-send-email.sh: update alias list used for pine test > send-email: teach git send-email option to translate aliases > > Documentation/git-send-email.txt | 7 +++ > git-send-email.perl | 21 ++++++- > t/t9001-send-email.sh | 118 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- > 3 files changed, 139 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) > --- > base-commit: 406f326d271e0bacecdb00425422c5fa3f314930 > change-id: 20240808-jk-translate-alias-send-email-1ce048643e5d > > Best regards,
