Merge branch 'pc/occurred'
[gitweb.git] / Documentation / git-send-email.txt
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@@ -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: