Re: [PATCH] Documentation: add instructions to help setup gmail 2FA
On Fri, May 27, 2016 at 5:06 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
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> Michael Rappazzo <rappazzo@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.
>
Signed-off-by: Michael Rappazzo <rappazzo@gmail.com>
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>> 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:
Michael Rappazzo