Re: [OUTREACHY] git send-email issues

From: Naomi Ibe <naomi.ibeh69@gmail.com>
Date: Oct 8, 2023, 22:37 UTC
Message-ID: <CACS=G2wnQEVqiUA8Jy=iaaAnRv7bMKmegR2rGR=Tbhf7UuLR4w@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <e22b6211-8534-417f-a647-e36cb00eee61@app.fastmail.com>

Oh wow I read about gitgadget but didn't understand how it works, I'd definitely check it out with these links you sent and I really hope it works. Thank you very very much

On Sun, Oct 8, 2023 at 11:17 PM Kristoffer Haugsbakk <code@khaugsbakk.name> wrote:

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>
> Hi Naomi
>
> On Sun, Oct 8, 2023, at 23:59, Naomi Ibe wrote:
> > I've used the --smtp-debug tag, checked the official docs and other
> > docs too, plus stackoverflow,google and even chatgpt, but nothing
> > seems to be working. I've even had to change my gmail password tonight
> > but it still doesn't work. Any tips at all would be greatly
> > appreciated at this point. Thank you
>
> Here [1] is a good resource for setting up Gmail for git-send-email. It's
> a bit of a chore to set up but that resource was enough for me to get it
> working. One of the things that you are going to need is an App password.
>
> But have you considered using GitGitGadget instead?[2] You can make a pull
> request on that repository and then the program (gitgitgadget) can send
> the emails to this mailing list for you.
>
> [1] https://stackoverflow.com/a/68238913/1725151
>
> [2] https://github.com/gitgitgadget/gitgitgadget/
>
> --
> Kristoffer