send-email: Add config option for sender address
The sender address, as specified with the '--from' command line option,
couldn't be set in the config file. So add a new config option,
'sendemail.from', which sets it. One can use 'sendemail.<identity>.from'
as well of course, which is likely the more useful case.
The sender address would default to GIT_AUTHOR_IDENT, which is usually the
right thing, but this doesn't allow switching based on the identity
selected. It's possible to switch the SMTP server and envelope sender by
using the '--identity' option, in which case one probably wants to use a
different from address as well, but this had to be manually specified.
The documentation for 'from' is also corrected somewhat. If '--from' is
specified (or the new sendemail.from option is used) then the user isn't
prompted. The default with no '--from' option (or sendemail.from option)
is GIT_AUTHOR_IDENT first then GIT_COMMITTER_IDENT, not just
GIT_COMMITTER_IDENT.
Signed-off-by: Trent Piepho <xyzzy@speakeasy.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
index 794224b..f940770 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
@@ -69,9 +69,12 @@
Missing From or In-Reply-To headers will be prompted for.
--from=<address>::
- Specify the sender of the emails. This will default to
- the value GIT_COMMITTER_IDENT, as returned by "git var -l".
- The user will still be prompted to confirm this entry.
+ Specify the sender of the emails. If not specified on the command line,
+ the value of the 'sendemail.from' configuration option is used. If
+ neither the command line option nor 'sendemail.from' are set, then the
+ user will be prompted for the value. The default for the prompt will be
+ the value of GIT_AUTHOR_IDENT, or GIT_COMMITTER_IDENT if that is not
+ set, as returned by "git var -l".
--in-reply-to=<identifier>::
Specify the contents of the first In-Reply-To header.
diff --git a/git-send-email.perl b/git-send-email.perl
index cccbf45..d9c7f32 100755
--- a/git-send-email.perl
+++ b/git-send-email.perl
@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@
"envelopesender" => \$envelope_sender,
"multiedit" => \$multiedit,
"confirm" => \$confirm,
+ "from" => \$sender,
);
# Handle Uncouth Termination
