Start preparing for 2.10.1

diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
index d85b87813917c983330a904095b2a4a562efeef8..642d0ef199c72160ca74238122fafdbdfee9a0c7 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
@@ -450,6 +450,19 @@ edit ~/.gitconfig to specify your account settings:
                smtpUser = yourname@gmail.com
                smtpServerPort = 587
 
+If you have multifactor authentication setup on your gmail account, you will
+need to generate an app-specific password for use with 'git send-email'. Visit
+https://security.google.com/settings/security/apppasswords to setup an
+app-specific password.  Once setup, you can store it with the credentials
+helper:
+
+       $ git credential fill
+       protocol=smtp
+       host=smtp.gmail.com
+       username=youname@gmail.com
+       password=app-password
+
+
 Once your commits are ready to be sent to the mailing list, run the
 following commands: