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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 4/4] docs: make the purpose of using app password for Gmail more clear in send-email
Date: Wed, 28 May 2025 07:05:38 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250528070521.17379-5-gargaditya08@live.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250528070521.17379-1-gargaditya08@live.com>

The current example for Gmail suggests using app passwords for
send-email if user has multi-factor authentication set up for their
account. However, it does not clarify that the user cannot use their
normal password in case they do not have multi-factor authentication
enabled. Most likely the example was written in the days when Google
allowed using normal passwords without multi-factor authentication.

This commit clarifies that app passwords are required and suggests using
OAuth2 if the user does not want to enable multi-factor authentication.
---
 Documentation/git-send-email.adoc | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-email.adoc b/Documentation/git-send-email.adoc
index aff0861d29..99c126cd5a 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-send-email.adoc
+++ b/Documentation/git-send-email.adoc
@@ -524,9 +524,12 @@ edit `~/.gitconfig` to specify your account settings:
 	smtpServerPort = 587
 ----
 
+Gmail does not allow using your account password for `git send-email`.
 If you have multi-factor authentication set up on your Gmail account, you can
 generate an app-specific password for use with `git send-email`. Visit
 https://security.google.com/settings/security/apppasswords to create it.
+If you do not want to enable multi-factor authentication, you can use OAuth2.0
+authentication as described below.
 
 You can also use OAuth2.0 authentication with Gmail. `OAUTHBEARER` and
 `XOAUTH2` are common methods used for this type of authentication. Gmail
-- 
2.43.0


  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   ` [PATCH v5 1/4] docs: add credential helper for yahoo and link Google's sendgmail tool Aditya Garg
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   ` Aditya Garg [this message]
2025-05-29 18:50     ` [PATCH v5 4/4] docs: make the purpose of using app password for Gmail more clear in send-email 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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