From: Aditya Garg <gargaditya08@live.com>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>,
"git@vger.kernel.org" <git@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: Julian Swagemakers <julian@swagemakers.org>,
Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>,
Zi Yao <ziyao@disroot.org>,
Kristoffer Haugsbakk <kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com>,
"sandals@crustytoothpaste.net" <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>,
Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Subject: [PATCH v5 1/4] docs: add credential helper for yahoo and link Google's sendgmail tool
Date: Wed, 28 May 2025 07:05:32 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250528070521.17379-2-gargaditya08@live.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250528070521.17379-1-gargaditya08@live.com>
This commit links `git-credential-yahoo` as a credential helper for
Yahoo accounts. Also, Google's `sendgmail` tool has been linked as an
alternative method for sending emails through Gmail.
Signed-off-by: Aditya Garg <gargaditya08@live.com>
---
Documentation/git-send-email.adoc | 10 ++++++++--
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-email.adoc b/Documentation/git-send-email.adoc
index 26fda63c2f..81f8cbc6f3 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-send-email.adoc
+++ b/Documentation/git-send-email.adoc
@@ -543,6 +543,10 @@ settings:
smtpAuth = OAUTHBEARER
----
+Alternatively, you can use a tool developed by Google known as
+https://github.com/google/gmail-oauth2-tools/tree/master/go/sendgmail[sendgmail]
+to send emails using `git send-email`.
+
Use Microsoft Outlook as the SMTP Server
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Unlike Gmail, Microsoft Outlook no longer supports app-specific passwords.
@@ -579,8 +583,7 @@ next time.
If you are using OAuth2.0 authentication, you need to use an access token in
place of a password when prompted. Various OAuth2.0 token generators are
-available online. Community maintained credential helpers for Gmail and Outlook
-are also available:
+available online. Community maintained credential helpers are also available:
- https://github.com/AdityaGarg8/git-credential-email[git-credential-gmail]
(cross platform, dedicated helper for authenticating Gmail accounts)
@@ -588,6 +591,9 @@ are also available:
- https://github.com/AdityaGarg8/git-credential-email[git-credential-outlook]
(cross platform, dedicated helper for authenticating Microsoft Outlook accounts)
+ - https://github.com/AdityaGarg8/git-credential-email[git-credential-yahoo]
+ (cross platform, dedicated helper for authenticating Yahoo accounts)
+
You can also see linkgit:gitcredentials[7] for more OAuth based authentication
helpers.
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-05-28 7:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 52+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-05-13 18:28 [PATCH] docs: add instructions to use Yahoo with send-mail Aditya Garg
2025-05-13 18:33 ` Aditya Garg
2025-05-13 18:42 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-05-13 18:51 ` Aditya Garg
2025-05-13 19:36 ` Aditya Garg
2025-05-14 12:58 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-05-14 13:05 ` Aditya Garg
2025-05-15 10:29 ` [PATCH v2 0/2] docs: update email credential helpers Aditya Garg
2025-05-15 10:29 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] docs: add credential helper for yahoo and link Google's sendgmail tool Aditya Garg
2025-05-15 10:29 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] docs: remove credential helper links for emails from gitcredentials Aditya Garg
2025-05-18 7:34 ` [PATCH v3 0/3] docs: update email credential helpers and improve formatting Aditya Garg
2025-05-18 7:35 ` [PATCH v3 1/3] docs: add credential helper for yahoo and link Google's sendgmail tool Aditya Garg
2025-05-18 7:36 ` [PATCH v3 2/3] docs: improve formatting in git-send-email documentation Aditya Garg
2025-05-18 7:36 ` [PATCH v3 3/3] docs: remove credential helper links for emails from gitcredentials Aditya Garg
2025-05-19 12:51 ` [PATCH v4 0/3] docs: update email credential helpers and improve formatting Aditya Garg
2025-05-19 12:52 ` [PATCH v4 1/3] docs: add credential helper for yahoo and link Google's sendgmail tool Aditya Garg
2025-05-19 12:52 ` [PATCH v4 2/3] docs: improve formatting in git-send-email documentation Aditya Garg
2025-05-19 12:53 ` [PATCH v4 3/3] docs: remove credential helper links for emails from gitcredentials Aditya Garg
2025-05-19 18:26 ` [PATCH v4 0/3] docs: update email credential helpers and improve formatting Junio C Hamano
2025-05-19 18:29 ` Aditya Garg
2025-05-28 7:05 ` [PATCH v5 0/4] " Aditya Garg
2025-05-28 7:05 ` Aditya Garg [this message]
2025-05-28 7:05 ` [PATCH v5 2/4] docs: improve formatting in git-send-email documentation Aditya Garg
2025-05-29 18:15 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-05-29 19:04 ` Aditya Garg
2025-05-30 13:28 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-05-30 13:32 ` Aditya Garg
2025-05-30 17:15 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-05-30 17:19 ` Aditya Garg
2025-05-30 21:55 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-05-30 14:48 ` Ben Knoble
2025-05-30 14:51 ` Aditya Garg
2025-05-28 7:05 ` [PATCH v5 3/4] docs: remove credential helper links for emails from gitcredentials Aditya Garg
2025-05-28 7:05 ` [PATCH v5 4/4] docs: make the purpose of using app password for Gmail more clear in send-email Aditya Garg
2025-05-29 18:50 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-05-29 19:06 ` Aditya Garg
2025-05-28 7:23 ` [PATCH v5 0/4] docs: update email credential helpers and improve formatting Eric Sunshine
2025-05-28 9:36 ` Aditya Garg
2025-05-28 9:42 ` Aditya Garg
2025-05-28 10:05 ` Aditya Garg
2025-05-28 10:10 ` Aditya Garg
2025-05-30 11:37 ` [PATCH v6 " Aditya Garg
2025-05-30 11:37 ` [PATCH v6 1/4] docs: add credential helper for yahoo and link Google's sendgmail tool Aditya Garg
2025-05-30 11:37 ` [PATCH v6 2/4] docs: improve formatting in git-send-email documentation Aditya Garg
2025-05-30 11:37 ` [PATCH v6 3/4] docs: remove credential helper links for emails from gitcredentials Aditya Garg
2025-05-30 11:37 ` [PATCH v6 4/4] docs: make the purpose of using app password for Gmail more clear in send-email Aditya Garg
2025-05-30 15:50 ` [PATCH v7 0/4] docs: add credential helper for yahoo and link Google's sendgmail tool Aditya Garg
2025-05-30 15:50 ` [PATCH v7 1/4] " Aditya Garg
2025-05-30 15:50 ` [PATCH v7 2/4] docs: improve formatting in git-send-email documentation Aditya Garg
2025-05-30 15:50 ` [PATCH v7 3/4] docs: remove credential helper links for emails from gitcredentials Aditya Garg
2025-05-30 15:50 ` [PATCH v7 4/4] docs: make the purpose of using app password for Gmail more clear in send-email Aditya Garg
2025-05-30 17:28 ` Junio C Hamano
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