git-send-email - Send a collection of patches as emails https://git-scm.com/docs/git-send-email
Questions tagged [git-send-email]
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git: 'send-email' is not a git command. See 'git --help'
I'm trying to send patches with the git send-email But I get the following error:
git: 'send-email' is not a git command. See 'git --help'.
How to make git send-email works ?
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How to configure and use `git send-email` to work with gmail to email patches to developers
How do I configure git send-email to work with gmail?
I'd like to contribute to glibc (the GNU C Library, not to be confused with GNOME's GLib library), for instance, to update the glibc/benchtests/bench-malloc-thread.c malloc speed test benchtest,…

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How to solve "Unable to initialize SMTP properly." when using using git send-email?
I was trying to send an patch using git .
When i try sending mail the following error output is generated
My .gitconfig file looks like this

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Replying on the same thread in a mailing list using git send-email
I had submitted a patch to an organisation’s mailing list and now need to send a
revised version of the patch on the same thread using git send-email. I have set
my chainreplyto value to false. I had tried this earlier:
git send-email…

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How to specify 'git send-email' to send mail on a specific patch?
How to specify 'git send-email' to send mail on a specific patch?
I have 4 commits but I haven't done a 'git pull'.
When I do 'git send-email', it will send out 4 emails (1 patch for each commit).
How can I configure git send-email so that it can…

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Unable to use git send-email to send source code and patches
I have a directory created locally: /home/Tegra.
I have created following Files inside /home/Tegra:
hello_world.c hello_world_1.c hello_world_2.c
Each file is incrementally modified. I have also created patches as:
diff -u hello_world.c…

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Git: send-email without commit
I have a project where I made changes, and want to send them to another user, using git send-email feature.
I found that it works by sending patches (created by git format-patch of each commit).
Is it able to send just diff's ? I don't want to…

Gabriel L. Oliveira
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Sending multiple patches under the same subject via git send-email
I want to send emails via git send-email in a way that the appear linked in the inbox of the receiver.
For example
Topic Name
'--> [PATCH 01/02] Added File1
'--> [PATCH 02/02] Added File2
How do I go about doing that?. I tried sending…

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GIT send-mail failing to send mail
I am trying send patch to linux-mailing list using git send-email but it is failing with following error
Unable to initialize SMTP properly.
Check config and use --smtp-debug.
VALUES: server=smtp.gmail.com
encryption=tls
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git send-email died of signal 11
I am trying to use git send-email, which i used before whitout errors, but out of nowhere i got:
error: git send-email died of signal 11
right after he asked me if i want to send this email and i entered my password.
I have not changed my gitconfig…

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Sending email by using git-send-email
I am supposed to be using git-send-email command to send out patches to the community. I am not sure how to use it properly. I have to send around 5 patches to the linux-wireless mail forum. Do I need to commit the code via git first and then send…

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git send-email fails "SSL routines:ssl_choose_client_version:unsupported protocol"
I am trying to use git send-email under Linux Mint 20.
Same configuration was working under Debian Sid.
Now I get error:
mcon@cinderella:~/vocore/__V2__/u-boot$ git send-email --to=u-boot@lists.denx.de /tmp/output/…

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git send-email fail to send message
I am trying to send a git patch for a upstream community review; But the receiver does not receive the message;
I have tried changing '--to' to one of my private email-id, but even this is not being received at my private mailbox;
command:
git…

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git patch do not declare a Content-Transfer-Encoding while git send-email
I have followed below step.
Created a Patch
git format-patch -1
Send that Via git send-email
git send-email --subject-prefix="XYZ" --to=some@email.com (patch files)
It gives below output
The following files are 8bit, but do not declare a…

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Reply via git send-email to Mailing List Linux
Currently, I have patches that are posted to the mailing list by git send-email.
I received a review of the maintainer, developers.
And now, I want to comment, ex: say thank you, explain ...
How can I execute them via git send-email
Although I have…

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