kw send-patch - Send patches through mail

SYNOPSIS

kw send-patch (-s | --send) [--simulate] [--private] [--rfc] [--to=’<recipient>,…’] [--cc=’<recipient>,…’] [<rev-range>…] [-v<version>] [-- <extra-args>…]

kw send-patch (-t | --setup) [--local | --global] [-f | --force] (<config> <value>)…

kw send-patch (-i | --interactive) [--local | --global]

kw send-patch (-l | --list)

kw send-patch --verify [--local | --global]

kw send-patch --template[=<template>] [-n | --no-interactive] [--local | --global] [-f | --force] [(<config> <value>)…]

kw send-patch --verbose

DESCRIPTION

It is common to deal with patch submissions to a mailing list, and git send-email is one of the most famous tools for handling that. The send-patch functionality aims to wrap this tool to simplify its usage and integrate it with other kw functionalities. If used inside of a linux kernel tree the send feature will auto populate the to and cc fields of each patch file with the appropriate maintainers and mailing lists fetched with the get_maintainer.pl script. It will also use the union of the recipients of each patch as the recipients of the cover-letter.

Note

You can block certain e-mail addresses from being automatically added to the recipients list of the patches using the blocked_emails option in the send_patch.config file.

Note

You can add To: and CC: recipients to be included by default using the default_to_recipients and default_cc_recipients configurations, respectively, in the send_patch.config file.

Note

Any option recognized by git send-email can be passed directly to it if placed after the double dash (--) argument.

OPTIONS

-s, --send:

Send a patch by email using git send-email to the email addresses specified with --to and --cc. You can provide <extra-args> to be passed directly to git send-email, they should be placed after the double dash (--) argument. By default this function assumes these arguments to git send-email:

--annotate --cover-letter --no-chain-reply-to --thread

Note

You can change the default arguments used to send emails in the send_patch.config file.

--to=’<recipient>,…’:

Specify the recipients that will receive the patch via e-mail. The <recipient> list can be in any format accepted by git send-email, e.g.: some@email.com or Xpto Lala <lala.xpto@mail.com>.

--cc=’<recipient>,…’:

Specify the recipients that will receive a copy of the patch via e-mail.

--simulate:

Do everything without actually sending the e-mail. This is similar to git send-email’s --dry-run option.

--private:

Suppress auto generation of recipients.

--rfc:

Add a request for comment prefix to the e-mail’s subject.

<rev-range>…:

Specify the <rev-range> to be sent. The last commit is taken as the default.

-v<version>:

Specify a number <version> for your patch.

-t, --setup:

Initialize and configure mail functionality. Each argument specifies a <config> to be set with the corresponding <value>, multiple <config> <value> pairs may be passed at once. Current accepted options are:

--name           <name>
--email          <email>
--smtpuser       <email>
--smtpserver     <domain>
--smtpserverport <port>
--smtpencryption <encryption>
--smtppass       <password>

-i, --interactive:

Interactively prompt the user for the values of the options. Recommended for inexperienced users.

-n, --no-interactive:

Inhibits interactive properties, particularly from the template option.

--local:

Forces the commands to be run at a local scope. If nothing is passed all changes will be applied locally, but the listing and verification will happen in all scopes.

--global:

Same as --local but in the global scope.

-f, --force:

Forces the configurations to be added, regardless of conflicts with the current values already set in the system. Implies --no-interactive.

--verify:

Verify that all the settings needed are set and valid.

--template[=<template>]:

This loads the default configuration values based on the given <template>. If no template is given the user will be shown the available templates to choose from.

-l, --list:

Lists the settings that mail uses.

--verbose:

Verbose mode is an option that causes the kw program to display debug messages to track its progress. This functionality is very useful during the debugging process, allowing you to identify possible errors more easily.

EXAMPLES

If you wish to use gmail you can run the following command to setup all the variables at once:

kw send-patch -t --name 'Xpto Lala' --email myemail@gmail.com --smtpencryption tls \
  --smtpserver smtp.gmail.com --smtpserverport 587 --smtpuser myemail@gmail.com

To simulate sending the last commit as a patch just write:

kw send-patch --send --simulate --to=some@email.com

Then when you are sure the command executed as expected, drop the --simulate argument to actually send the patch:

kw send-patch --send --to=some@email.com

To send a range of commits the following can be used:

kw send-patch  -s <SHA1>..<SHA2>

Extra arguments can be passed directly to git send-email like this:

kw send-patch  -s --to='some@email.com' -- --thread

If you are inside of a linux kernel tree, you can send the last three commits as a patchset to the maintainers of the subsystems and with copies to the appropriate mailing lists using:

kw send-patch  -s -3