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authorLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2021-02-05 16:31:25 -0800
committerLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2021-02-05 16:31:25 -0800
commitc8af1f475afb01b555abe5087b6b2f46b2d00b55 (patch)
tree6c69656fa7ebae2a169666050f1fe148034d8205 /Documentation
parentMerge branch 'pb/mergetool-tool-help-fix' into maint (diff)
parentgit-send-email.txt: mention less secure app access with Gmail (diff)
downloadtgif-c8af1f475afb01b555abe5087b6b2f46b2d00b55.tar.xz
Merge branch 'vv/send-email-with-less-secure-apps-access' into maint
Doc update. * vv/send-email-with-less-secure-apps-access: git-send-email.txt: mention less secure app access with Gmail
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
index b7bbbeadef..93708aefea 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
@@ -494,10 +494,14 @@ edit ~/.gitconfig to specify your account settings:
smtpServerPort = 587
----
-If you have multifactor authentication setup on your gmail account, you will
+If you have multi-factor authentication set up 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 create it.
+If you do not have multi-factor authentication set up on your Gmail account,
+you will need to allow less secure app access. Visit
+https://myaccount.google.com/lesssecureapps to enable it.
+
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