> having your password in plain text on the hard drive That's not necessary for git. git has a facility called git credential that can allow it to cache the p

> having your password in plain text on the hard drive That's not necessary for git. git has a facility called git credential that can allow it to cache the password (or other piece of information) for a given period of time[1]. So, when you use git send-email, it will prompt you for the the password. [1] https://git-scm.com/docs/git-credential-cache https://git-scm.com/docs/git-credential-cache