Michael Rappazzo <rappa...@gmail.com> writes: > For those who use two-factor authentication with gmail, git-send-email > will not work unless it is setup with an app-specific password. The > example for setting up git-send-email for use with gmail will now > include information on generating and storing the app-specific password. > ---
Sounds good. We'd need your sign-off in order to be able to use this patch, though. > Documentation/git-send-email.txt | 13 +++++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt > b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt > index 771a7b5..edbba3a 100644 > --- a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt > +++ b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt > @@ -450,6 +450,19 @@ edit ~/.gitconfig to specify your account settings: > smtpUser = yourn...@gmail.com > smtpServerPort = 587 > > +If you have multifactor authentication setup on your gmail acocunt, you will > +need to generate an app-specific password for use with 'git send-email'. > Visit > +https://security.google.com/settings/security/apppasswords to setup an > +app-specific password. Once setup, you can store it with the credentials > +helper: > + > + $ git credential fill > + protocol=smtp > + host=smtp.gmail.com > + username=youn...@gmail.com > + password=app-password > + > + > Once your commits are ready to be sent to the mailing list, run the > following commands: -- 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
