On 2008-06-14 08:28:24 +0100, Catalin Marinas wrote:
> If the stgit.smtpserver configuration option does not have a
> host:port format, it is assumed to be an external tool. For example,
> to use sendmail just set this variable to "/usr/sbin/sendmail -t -i"
> (see the examples/gitconfig file).
Looks good, except that the new feature (and the fact that it's
magically triggered if the smtpserver starts with a /) is not
documented. Maybe add something like this to the patch:
diff --git a/stgit/commands/mail.py b/stgit/commands/mail.py
index 4027170..2b1b92c 100644
--- a/stgit/commands/mail.py
+++ b/stgit/commands/mail.py
@@ -31,10 +31,13 @@ usage = r"""%prog [options] [<patch1>] [<patch2>] [<patch3>..<patch4>]
Send a patch or a range of patches by e-mail using the SMTP server
specified by the 'stgit.smtpserver' configuration option, or the
-'--smtp-server' command line option. The From address and the e-mail
-format are generated from the template file passed as argument to
-'--template' (defaulting to '.git/patchmail.tmpl' or
-'~/.stgit/templates/patchmail.tmpl' or
+'--smtp-server' command line option. (You may give the absolute path
+to sendmail instead, followed by any sendmail options you wish to
+use.)
+
+The From address and the e-mail format are generated from the template
+file passed as argument to '--template' (defaulting to
+'.git/patchmail.tmpl' or '~/.stgit/templates/patchmail.tmpl' or
'/usr/share/stgit/templates/patchmail.tmpl'). A patch can be sent as
attachment using the --attach option in which case the 'mailattch.tmpl'
template will be used instead of 'patchmail.tmpl'.
@@ -133,8 +136,10 @@ options = [make_option('-a', '--all',
help = 'sleep for SECONDS between e-mails sending'),
make_option('--refid',
help = 'use REFID as the reference id'),
- make_option('--smtp-server', metavar = 'HOST[:PORT]',
- help = 'SMTP server to use for sending mail'),
+ make_option('--smtp-server',
+ metavar = 'HOST[:PORT] or "/path/to/sendmail -t -i"',
+ help = ('SMTP server (or sendmail program) to use for'
+ ' sending mail')),
make_option('-u', '--smtp-user', metavar = 'USER',
help = 'username for SMTP authentication'),
make_option('-p', '--smtp-password', metavar = 'PASSWORD',
--
Karl Hasselström, kha@xxxxxxxxxxx
www.treskal.com/kalle
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