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diff --git a/guides/git.org b/guides/git.org new file mode 100644 index 0000000..bf42130 --- /dev/null +++ b/guides/git.org @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@ +* ~send-email~ with ~.authinfo.gpg~ +** Step 1: Install ~git-credential-netrc~ +AFAICT not all distributions package this script? As far as those I +use are concerned: + +- On Debian, the =git= package brings + =/usr/share/doc/git/contrib/credential/netrc/git-credential-netrc.perl=, + but the file is not executable, so it's not as simple as symlinking + it from =~/.local/bin=: it must be =cp='ed and =chmod='ed. + +- openSUSE does not include anything from =contrib=, I think? So just + grab =contrib/credential/netrc/git-credential-netrc.perl= from the [[https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git/][Git + repository]], stick it in =~/.local/bin= and =chmod= it. + +Now ~git help --all | grep credential-~ should show =credential-netrc=. + +** Step 2: Configure ~git send-email~ +In =~/.gitconfig=, assuming a GMail account for =luser@gmail.com=: + +#+begin_src conf +[sendemail] + smtpencryption = tls + smtpserver = smtp.gmail.com + smtpuser = luser + smtpserverport = 587 +#+end_src + +Most =send-email= guides seem to use the full email address for +=smtpuser=; I'm putting in just the /local-part/, since that's what is in +my =~/.authinfo.gpg=. + +** Step 3: Configure ~git-credential~ +In =~/.gitconfig=: + +#+begin_src conf +[credential] + helper = netrc +#+end_src + +** Step 4: Enjoy 📨 |