Re: Gmail OAuth2 in git send-email

[ZheNing Hu <adlternative@gmail.com>]

Hi,

Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@gmail.com> 于2021年6月3日周四 下午1:05写道：
>
> Hi,
>
> For most email providers, adding following .gitconfig is enough to
> seamlessly use git send-email:
>
> >            [sendemail]
> >                    smtpEncryption = tls
> >                    smtpServer = <server>
> >                    smtpUser = <email>
> >                    smtpServerPort = 587
>
> But for users that use Gmail (like me), we must either enable 2FA and
> generate app-specific password for use with git send-email, or enable
> less-secure app access. That's because Gmail prefers authenticating with
> OAuth2, but git send-email use plain text authentication instead.
>
> I personally prefer the latter because I know that I enabled less-secure
> app access only for duration of sending patches with git send-email
> (that is, I switched the trigger when I run git send-email).
>
> We wonder whether git send-email can support Gmail OAuth2 so that we can
> seamlessly send patches without having to choose either action. But
> however, we have to create a GCP project [1] first in order to enable
> Gmail API. This can be overkill for some folks, but unfortunately that's
> the only way.
>
> If we want to enable support for Gmail OAuth2, should we hands-off API
> configuration to git send-email users, or should we configure it on
> behalf of them? Note that when we go the former approach, some Gmail
> users simply can't afford GCP pricing for whatever reason (even don't
> have any of required payment methods), whereas the latter approach we
> must cover that cost (and Software Freedom Conservancy can raise funds
> needed for it or git.git developers can pay it).
>

I met the same question as you before. [1] (write by chinese)
We need cumbersome operations to allow gmail to agree to use git send-email.
I also want to know if send-email can be made more convenient
(to reduce some configuration problems with gmail).

[1]: https://adlternative.github.io/archlinux%E4%B8%8A%E7%9A%84git-send-email%E9%97%AE%E9%A2%98%E7%9A%84%E8%A7%A3%E5%86%B3%E6%96%B9%E6%A1%88/