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send-email: further document missing sendmail aliases functionality 

Sendmail aliases[1] supports expansion to a file ("/path/name") or
pipe ("|command"), as well as file inclusion (":include: /path/name"),
however, our implementation does not support such functionality.

[1]: https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=aliases&sektion=5

Signed-off-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Eric Sunshine 2015-05-31 18:29:23 -04:00 committed by Junio C Hamano
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contain a `"` symbol are ignored. contain a `"` symbol are ignored.
* Line continuations are not supported: lines that start with * Line continuations are not supported: lines that start with
whitespace characters, or end with a `\` symbol are ignored. whitespace characters, or end with a `\` symbol are ignored.
* Redirection to a file (`/path/name`) or pipe (`|command`) is not
supported.
* File inclusion (`:include: /path/name`) is not supported.
* Warnings are printed on the standard error output for any * Warnings are printed on the standard error output for any
explicitly unsupported constructs, and any other lines that are not explicitly unsupported constructs, and any other lines that are not
recognized by the parser. recognized by the parser.