Re: [PATCH] Documentation: add instructions to help setup gmail 2FA
From: Junio C Hamano <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-16 02:19:38
Michael Rappazzo [off-list ref] 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.
quoted hunk
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: