From: Junio C Hamano Date: Fri, 27 May 2016 21:06:57 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: add instructions to help setup gmail 2FA Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <1464381597-27634-1-git-send-email-rappazzo@gmail.com> 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. > 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: