sendemail.smtpPass is truncated

Jérôme Pouiller· Apr 10, 2025, 09:17 UTC · lore

Hi everyone,

"git send-email" started to complains my credentials were incorrect. If I run git-send-email with --smtp-debug=1, I can see my smtp password is truncated.

"git config --list" show the correct value. I am also able to properly use my password with "--smtp-pass"

My password is not insane:
  - < 20 characters long
  - just a mix of ascii printable characters (no unicode)

My password contains characters like '#', '$', ... So I need to quote it. However, I use special characters for while without issues and "git config --list" returns the correct value.

I have successfully used this command 5 weeks ago. Meanwhile:
  - I think I have not changed my password
  - I believe git-send-email has not been updated
  - I believe none of my Perl packages has been updated

So, I have to admit I have no idea from where the issue come.

[System Info] git version: git version 2.39.5 cpu: x86_64 no commit associated with this build sizeof-long: 8 sizeof-size_t: 8 shell-path: /bin/sh uname: Linux 6.1.0-32-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian 6.1.129-1 (2025-03-06) x86_64 compiler info: gnuc: 12.2 libc info: glibc: 2.36 $SHELL (typically, interactive shell): /bin/zsh

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Jérôme Pouiller

Christian Couder· Apr 11, 2025, 10:41 UTC · re: Jérôme Pouiller · lore

Re: sendemail.smtpPass is truncated

Hi,

On Thu, Apr 10, 2025 at 11:48 AM Jérôme Pouiller <jerome.pouiller@silabs.com> wrote:

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>
> Hi everyone,
>
> "git send-email" started to complains my credentials were incorrect. If I run
> git-send-email with --smtp-debug=1, I can see my smtp password is truncated.

git-send-email is a Perl script, so it might not be too difficult to debug.

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> "git config --list" show the correct value. I am also able to properly use my
> password with "--smtp-pass"
>
> My password is not insane:
>   - < 20 characters long
>   - just a mix of ascii printable characters (no unicode)
>
> My password contains characters like '#', '$', ... So I need to quote it.
> However, I use special characters for while without issues and "git config
> --list" returns the correct value.
>
> I have successfully used this command 5 weeks ago. Meanwhile:
>   - I think I have not changed my password
>   - I believe git-send-email has not been updated
>   - I believe none of my Perl packages has been updated
>
> So, I have to admit I have no idea from where the issue come.
>
>
> [System Info]
> git version:
> git version 2.39.5

v2.39.5 is quite recent (May 2024) and it looks like there were send-email changes in it compared to v2.39.4, so it's possible that your machine was upgraded from v2.39.4 to v2.39.5 recently and that those changes broke send-email for you.

Maybe you could try to downgrade to v2.39.4 or v2.39.0 just to check if send-email works better.

Best, Christian.