On Thu, May 21, 2015 at 11:40 PM, Allen Hubbe <alle...@gmail.com> wrote: > This format is more simple than the other alias file formats, so it may > be preferred by some users. [...] > Signed-off-by: Allen Hubbe <alle...@gmail.com> > --- > diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt > b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt > index 804554609def..38ade31e0c28 100644 > --- a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt > +++ b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt > @@ -383,7 +383,29 @@ sendemail.aliasesFile:: > > sendemail.aliasFileType:: > Format of the file(s) specified in sendemail.aliasesFile. Must be > - one of 'mutt', 'mailrc', 'pine', 'elm', or 'gnus'. > + one of 'simple', 'mutt', 'mailrc', 'pine', 'elm', or 'gnus'. > ++ > +If the format is 'simple', then the alias file format is described below. > +Descriptions of the other file formats to the following formats can be found > in > +the documentation of the email program of the same name.
The second sentence probably needs some proof-reading. > ++ > +This 'simple' format is is as follows. > ++ > + <alias>: <address|alias>[, <address|alias>...] > ++ > +Aliases are specified one per line. There is no line splitting. Anything > on a > +line after and including a `#` symbol is considered a comment, and is > ignored. > +Blank lines are ignored. I'm not convinced that gratuitously diverging from the sendmail/postfix 'aliases' format is warranted. In particular, that format recognizes a comment line only when '#' is the first non-whitespace character[1]; and does not consider '#' a comment-introducer anywhere else in the line. By recognizing '#' anywhere as a comment-introducer, you may be painting this format into a corner rather than leaving it open for someone later to extend it to be more sendmail/postfix-like by, for instance, supporting name quoting and line-continuation[1]. For the same reason, I'm not convinced that "simple" is a good name. "sendmail" may indeed be a more appropriate name, even if it means that this early implementation documents it as (currently) a subset of the richer sendmail/postfix 'aliases' format. By doing so, we leave the door open so a future person can implement additional features to bring it closer to that format. [1]: http://www.postfix.org/aliases.5.html > ++ > +Example of the 'simple' format: > ++ > + alice: Alice W Land <a...@example.com> > + bob: Robert Bobbyton <b...@example.com> > + # this is a comment > + # this is also a comment > + chloe: ch...@example.com > + abgroup: alice, bob # comment after an alias > + bcgrp: bob, chloe, Other <o...@example.com> -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
