{"thread":{"id":"28477","subject":"SSL certificate password storage?","startedAt":"2011-09-23T22:41:07Z","lastAt":"2011-09-24T17:51:30Z","messageCount":3,"participants":["James B","Jay Soffian","Jakub Narebski"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"176108","messageId":"CAEsSSh2MDPgcFtrwYJ7uCDHBHPEfo35deE4dsWrb7Ukp7b310A@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"28477","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"SSL certificate password storage?","fromName":"James B","fromEmail":"coderer@gmail.com","sentAt":"2011-09-23T22:41:07Z","receivedAt":"2011-09-23T22:41:07Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"coderer@gmail.com","avatar":null},"body":"I'm accessing a Git repository over an HTTPS transport, where client\ncertificates are required.  My certificate requires a password to use,\nand Git prompts me for this every time I use it -- it's starting to\nget a little old.  I've got Subversion set up to use Gnome-Keyring for\ncredentials, so I only have to unlock that once per session.  Is there\nsomething similar for Git?  Is it planned?  If not, is there a good\nplace to make feature requests?\n\nR/\nJames\n"},{"id":"176113","messageId":"CAG+J_DzhM-Nr8P7WyuYv47uNQc6p64k6P031Ec=DmmvKz0zS3Q@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"28477","inReplyTo":"CAEsSSh2MDPgcFtrwYJ7uCDHBHPEfo35deE4dsWrb7Ukp7b310A@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: SSL certificate password storage?","fromName":"Jay Soffian","fromEmail":"jaysoffian@gmail.com","sentAt":"2011-09-24T01:04:53Z","receivedAt":"2011-09-24T01:04:53Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"jaysoffian@gmail.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/155970?v=4"},"body":"On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 6:41 PM, James B <coderer@gmail.com> wrote:\n> I'm accessing a Git repository over an HTTPS transport, where client\n> certificates are required.  My certificate requires a password to use,\n> and Git prompts me for this every time I use it -- it's starting to\n> get a little old.  I've got Subversion set up to use Gnome-Keyring for\n> credentials, so I only have to unlock that once per session.  Is there\n> something similar for Git?  Is it planned?  If not, is there a good\n> place to make feature requests?\n\nIt's being worked on -\nhttp://www.google.com/search?q=git+credential+helper+site:gmane.org\n\nj.\n"},{"id":"176132","messageId":"m3aa9trfr2.fsf@localhost.localdomain","threadId":"28477","inReplyTo":"CAEsSSh2MDPgcFtrwYJ7uCDHBHPEfo35deE4dsWrb7Ukp7b310A@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: SSL certificate password storage?","fromName":"Jakub Narebski","fromEmail":"jnareb@gmail.com","sentAt":"2011-09-24T17:51:30Z","receivedAt":"2011-09-24T17:51:30Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"jnareb@gmail.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2706?v=4"},"body":"James B <coderer@gmail.com> writes:\n\n> I'm accessing a Git repository over an HTTPS transport, where client\n> certificates are required.  My certificate requires a password to use,\n> and Git prompts me for this every time I use it -- it's starting to\n> get a little old.  I've got Subversion set up to use Gnome-Keyring for\n> credentials, so I only have to unlock that once per session.  Is there\n> something similar for Git?  Is it planned?  If not, is there a good\n> place to make feature requests?\n\nThere is \"credential helper\" series:\n * infrastructure and simple example implementations,\n   like in-memory cache by Jeff King\n * credential helper for MacOS X keychain from Jay Soffian\n * credential helper for KDE (KWallet) from Lukas Sandström\n * simple credential helper for Windows by Erik Faye-Lund\n\nIn 'next' there is only sample implemetations (credentia-cache and\ncredential-store).  Some of the rest you can find in 'pu', others only\non git mailing list.\n\nCurrently there are no credentials helper for GNOME.  Perhaps you can\nwrite one?\n\n-- \nJakub Narębski\n"}]}