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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 2018-04-25 13:28:57 +09:00
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@ -473,16 +473,7 @@ edit ~/.gitconfig to specify your account settings:


If you have multifactor authentication setup on your gmail account, you will 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 need to generate an app-specific password for use with 'git send-email'. Visit
https://security.google.com/settings/security/apppasswords to setup an https://security.google.com/settings/security/apppasswords to create it.
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 Once your commits are ready to be sent to the mailing list, run the
following commands: following commands:
@ -491,6 +482,11 @@ following commands:
$ edit outgoing/0000-* $ edit outgoing/0000-*
$ git send-email outgoing/* $ 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 Note: the following perl modules are required
Net::SMTP::SSL, MIME::Base64 and Authen::SASL Net::SMTP::SSL, MIME::Base64 and Authen::SASL