Re: [PATCH b4 0/2] Add support for oauth2 SMTP authentication

[Tomas Melin <tomas.melin@vaisala.com>]

Hi,

On 01/02/2026 07:52, Konstantin Ryabitsev wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 01, 2026 at 12:37:34AM -0500, Konstantin Ryabitsev wrote:
>> On Thu, 29 Jan 2026 11:10:28 +0200, Tomas Melin <tomas.melin@vaisala.com> wrote:
>>> Add support for oauth2 authentication with SMTP server, integrating
>>> with git credential helpers for retrieving tokens. With this approach,
>>> the same configuration as is needed for git send-email can be used
>>> to send patches using oauth2 with b4.
>>
>> Thank you for sending this in! I'm using this series as a guinea pig for 
>> the "b4 review" functionality, using agent-assisted reviews. I know it's 
>> not everyone's cup of tea, but there is enough interest in it to at 
>> least support it.
>>
>> I'm sending per-patch followups with the problems the agent has 
>> identified (combed by myself -- I'm not just blindly relying on the 
>> agent here).
>>
>> I am also screencasting this whole process, so hopefully this will be 
>> educational as well. :)
> 
> This is the screencast:
> https://asciinema.org/a/777545
>
Thanks for sharing! Interesting stuff and looks promising.
FYI for upcoming v2 I have also reviewed the patches with an agent, so
let's see if they agree about possible findings :)

thanks,
Tomas



> There are still lots of improvements to "b4 review" to consider it useful and
> remotely maintainer-ready, but it's at least doing useful things already.
> 
> Cheers,
> -K