To use 'git send-email' to send your patches through the GMail SMTP server,
edit ~/.gitconfig to specify your account settings:
- [sendemail]
- smtpEncryption = tls
- smtpServer = smtp.gmail.com
- smtpUser = yourname@gmail.com
- smtpServerPort = 587
+----
+[sendemail]
+ smtpEncryption = tls
+ smtpServer = smtp.gmail.com
+ 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