Setting up git for the LTP mailing list

Before using git-send-email(1), you need to set up your email client to send emails from the command line. This typically involves configuring an SMTP server and authentication details.

Open a terminal and configure Git with your email settings using the following commands:

git config --global sendemail.from "Your Name <your_email@example.com>"
git config --global sendemail.smtpserver "smtp.example.com"
git config --global sendemail.smtpuser "your_email@example.com"
git config --global sendemail.smtpserverport 587
git config --global sendemail.smtpencryption tls

Replace smtp.example.com with the SMTP server address provided by your email provider. Replace your_email@example.com with your email address. Adjust the SMTP port and encryption settings according to your email provider’s requirements.

To test the configuration you can use --dry-run parameter.

git send-email --dry-run --to "ltp@lists.linux.it" --subject "Test Email" HEAD^

Depending on your SMTP server’s configuration, you may need to authenticate before sending emails. If required, configure authentication settings using:

git config --global sendemail.smtpuser "your_email@example.com"
git config --global sendemail.smtppass "your_password"

Replace your_email@example.com with your email address and your_password with your email account password.

For any corner case, please take a look at the email + git tutorial.

Note

This method still works in most of the cases, but nowadays we often require to setup a two factor authentication. If this is the case, please consider setting up Git accordingly.

Instead of git-send-email(1) you may want to use b4 tool. See LTP b4 configuration: .b4-config.