Re: Missing dependencies for git-send-email(1)?

Steffen Nurpmeso <steffen@sdaoden.eu> writes:

> This is only the git built-in variant, but git-send-email can make
> use of external tools, and i, in fact, _never_ (since before 2015)
> used a different variant (for real). The little MUA i maintain
> documents something like
>
> [sendemail]
> smtpserver = /usr/local/bin/s-nail
> smtpserveroption = -t
> #smtpserveroption = -Sexpandaddr
> smtpserveroption = -Athe-account-you-need
> ##
> suppresscc = all
> suppressfrom = false
> assume8bitEncoding = UTF-8
> #to = /tmp/OUT
> confirm = always
> chainreplyto = true
> multiedit = false
> thread = true
> quiet = true
> annotate = true
>
> Newer git(1) versions (v2.33.0) added the option sendmailCmd.
>
> You could also "simply" send format-patch output with anything you
> wanted, including OpenBSD base tools (i presume .. but never tried
> it).

Thank you very much for your detailed response to my query! I did not
realise that we could use a local external tool with git-send-email. The
configuration with /usr/bin/s-nail looks like a neat approach---I'll try
it out.

Many thanks again!

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