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lines changed Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change @@ -473,16 +473,7 @@ edit ~/.gitconfig to specify your account settings:
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If you have multifactor authentication setup on your gmail account, you will
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need to generate an app-specific password for use with 'git send-email'. Visit
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- https://security.google.com/settings/security/apppasswords to setup an
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- app-specific password. Once setup, you can store it with the credentials
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- helper:
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- $ git credential fill
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- protocol=smtp
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- host=smtp.gmail.com
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-
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- password=app-password
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-
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+ https://security.google.com/settings/security/apppasswords to create it.
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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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$ edit outgoing/0000-*
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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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+ app-specific or your regular password as appropriate. If you have credential
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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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Note: the following perl modules are required
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Net::SMTP::SSL, MIME::Base64 and Authen::SASL
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