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Merge branch 'mn/send-email-credential-doc'

Doc update.

* mn/send-email-credential-doc:
  send-email: simplify Gmail example in the documentation
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Junio C Hamano 7 years ago
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@ -473,16 +473,7 @@ edit ~/.gitconfig to specify your account settings: @@ -473,16 +473,7 @@ edit ~/.gitconfig to specify your account settings:

If you have multifactor authentication setup on your gmail account, 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

https://security.google.com/settings/security/apppasswords to create it.

Once your commits are ready to be sent to the mailing list, run the
following commands:
@ -491,6 +482,11 @@ following commands: @@ -491,6 +482,11 @@ following commands:
$ edit outgoing/0000-*
$ git send-email outgoing/*

The first time you run it, you will be prompted for your credentials. Enter the
app-specific or your regular password as appropriate. If you have credential
helper configured (see linkgit:git-credential[1]), the password will be saved in
the credential store so you won't have to type it the next time.

Note: the following perl modules are required
Net::SMTP::SSL, MIME::Base64 and Authen::SASL


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