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. --- 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@xxxxxxxxx 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@xxxxxxxxx + password=app-password + + Once your commits are ready to be sent to the mailing list, run the following commands: -- 2.8.0 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html