send-email documentation: clarify --smtp-server
It can be either hostname/address, or a full path to a
local executable.
Signed-off-by: Jari Aalto <jari.aalto@cante.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
index 795db87..7ae39fd 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
--in-reply-to::
Specify the contents of the first In-Reply-To header.
- Subsequent emails will refer to the previous email
+ Subsequent emails will refer to the previous email
instead of this if --chain-reply-to is set (the default)
Only necessary if --compose is also set. If --compose
is not set, this will be prompted for.
@@ -68,8 +68,9 @@
all that is output.
--smtp-server::
- If set, specifies the outgoing SMTP server to use. A full
- pathname of a sendmail-like program can be specified instead;
+ If set, specifies the outgoing SMTP server to use (e.g.
+ `smtp.example.com` or a raw IP address). Alternatively it can
+ specify a full pathname of a sendmail-like program instead;
the program must support the `-i` option. Default value can
be specified by the 'sendemail.smtpserver' configuration
option; the built-in default is `/usr/sbin/sendmail` or
