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* ag/doc-send-email:
docs: add credential helper for outlook and gmail in OAuth list of helpers
docs: improve send-email documentation
send-mail: improve checks for valid_fqdn
Once your commits are ready to be sent to the mailing list, run the
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following commands:
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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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app-specific or your regular password as appropriate.
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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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If you are using OAuth2.0 authentication, you need to use an access token in
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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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are also available:
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- https://github.com/AdityaGarg8/git-credential-email[git-credential-gmail] (cross platform, dedicated helper for authenticating Gmail accounts)
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- https://github.com/AdityaGarg8/git-credential-email[git-credential-outlook] (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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- https://github.com/hickford/git-credential-oauth[git-credential-oauth] (cross platform, included in many Linux distributions)
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- https://github.com/AdityaGarg8/git-credential-email[git-credential-gmail] (cross platform, dedicated helper to authenticate Gmail accounts for linkgit:git-send-email[1])
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- https://github.com/AdityaGarg8/git-credential-email[git-credential-outlook] (cross platform, dedicated helper to authenticate Microsoft Outlook accounts for linkgit:git-send-email[1])
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