docs: improve send-email documentation
OAuth2.0 is a new authentication method that is being used by many email providers, including Outlook and Gmail. Recently, the Authen::SASL perl module has been updated to support OAuth2.0 authentication, thus making the git-send-email script be able to use this authentication method as well. So lets improve the documentation to reflect this change. I also had a hard time finding a reliable OAuth2.0 access token generator for Outlook and Gmail. So I added a link to the such generators which I developed myself after seaching through lots of code and API documentation to make things easier for others. Signed-off-by: Aditya Garg <gargaditya08@live.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>maint
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EXAMPLES
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EXAMPLES OF SMTP SERVERS
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Use gmail as the smtp server
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Use Gmail as the SMTP Server
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To use 'git send-email' to send your patches through the GMail SMTP server,
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To use `git send-email` to send your patches through the Gmail SMTP server,
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edit ~/.gitconfig to specify your account settings:
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edit `~/.gitconfig` to specify your account settings:
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[sendemail]
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[sendemail]
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generate an app-specific password for use with 'git send-email'. Visit
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generate an app-specific password for use with 'git send-email'. Visit
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https://security.google.com/settings/security/apppasswords to create it.
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https://security.google.com/settings/security/apppasswords to create it.
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You can also use OAuth2.0 authentication with Gmail. `OAUTHBEARER` and
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`XOAUTH2` are common methods used for this type of authentication. Gmail
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supports both of them. As an example, if you want to use `OAUTHBEARER`, edit
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your `~/.gitconfig` file and add `smtpAuth = OAUTHBEARER` to your account
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settings:
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[sendemail]
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smtpEncryption = tls
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smtpServer = smtp.gmail.com
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smtpUser = yourname@gmail.com
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smtpServerPort = 587
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smtpAuth = OAUTHBEARER
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Unlike Gmail, Microsoft Outlook no longer supports app-specific passwords.
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Therefore, OAuth2.0 authentication must be used for Outlook. Also, it only
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supports `XOAUTH2` authentication method.
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Edit `~/.gitconfig` to specify your account settings for Outlook and use its
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SMTP server with `git send-email`:
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smtpEncryption = tls
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smtpServer = smtp.office365.com
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smtpUser = yourname@outlook.com
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smtpAuth = XOAUTH2
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SENDING PATCHES
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Once your commits are ready to be sent to the mailing list, run the
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Once your commits are ready to be sent to the mailing list, run the
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following commands:
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following commands:
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$ git send-email outgoing/*
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$ git send-email outgoing/*
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The first time you run it, you will be prompted for your credentials. Enter the
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The first time you run it, you will be prompted for your credentials. Enter the
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app-specific or your regular password as appropriate. If you have credential
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app-specific or your regular password as appropriate.
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helper configured (see linkgit:git-credential[1]), the password will be saved in
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the credential store so you won't have to type it the next time.
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If you have a credential helper configured (see linkgit:git-credential[1]), the
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password will be saved in the credential store so you won't have to type it the
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next time.
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place of a password when prompted. Various OAuth2.0 token generators are
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available online. Community maintained credential helpers for Gmail and Outlook
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- https://github.com/AdityaGarg8/git-credential-email[git-credential-gmail]
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(cross platform, dedicated helper for authenticating Gmail accounts)
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- https://github.com/AdityaGarg8/git-credential-email[git-credential-outlook]
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(cross platform, dedicated helper for authenticating Microsoft Outlook accounts)
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You can also see linkgit:gitcredentials[7] for more OAuth based authentication
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helpers.
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Note: the following core Perl modules that may be installed with your
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Note: the following core Perl modules that may be installed with your
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distribution of Perl are required:
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distribution of Perl are required:
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