Subject: Re: [BUG] git-send-email hangs when sendemail.suppresscc is set without sendemail.confirm

From: "Siwei Zhang" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2026 15:10:45 -0400

On Wed, Apr 15, 2026, at 2:46 PM, Siwei Zhang wrote:
> When sendemail.suppresscc is configured (e.g., suppresscc=bodycc) but
> sendemail.confirm is not explicitly set, git-send-email hangs
> indefinitely after processing the patch headers.
>
> Steps to reproduce:
> 
>     git config sendemail.suppresscc bodycc
>     # Ensure sendemail.confirm is NOT set
>     git config --unset sendemail.confirm
>     git send-email --to="[email-masked]" HEAD^
> 
> Expected: email is sent (or a confirmation prompt appears)
> Actual: process hangs indefinitely after printing "Adding cc:" lines
> 
> Workaround: explicitly set sendemail.confirm:
> 
>     git config sendemail.confirm always
> 
> Tested with git 2.53.0
>
> Best,
> Siwei

Sorry for the false bug report. 

It seems vscode credential helper didn't work properly causing the stuck. 

Meanwhile, I want to ask:

Is silently changing sendemail.confirm behaviour when sendemail.suppresscc is set appropriate?

Best,
Siwei