From: Mike Rappazzo Date: Fri, 27 May 2016 21:17:00 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: add instructions to help setup gmail 2FA Message-ID: In-Reply-To: On Fri, May 27, 2016 at 5:06 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Michael Rappazzo 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. > Signed-off-by: Michael Rappazzo >> 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 = yourname@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=youname@gmail.com >> + password=app-password >> + >> + >> Once your commits are ready to be sent to the mailing list, run the >> following commands: