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[PATCH] git-gui--askpass: generalize the window title

From
Sebastian Schuberth <sschuberth@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 1, 2016, 12:11 UTC
Message-ID
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From: Sebastian Schuberth <sschuberth@gmail.com>

git-gui--askpass is not only used for SSH authentication, but also for HTTPS. In that context it is confusing to have a window title of "OpenSSH". So generalize the title so that it also says which parent process, i.e. Git, requires authentication.

Signed-off-by: Sebastian Schuberth <sschuberth@gmail.com>
---
 git-gui/git-gui--askpass | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/git-gui/git-gui--askpass b/git-gui/git-gui--askpass
index 4277f30..1e5c325 100755
--- a/git-gui/git-gui--askpass
+++ b/git-gui/git-gui--askpass
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ proc finish {} {
 	set ::rc 0
 }
 
-wm title . "OpenSSH"
+wm title . "Git Authentication"
 tk::PlaceWindow .
 vwait rc
 exit $rc

--
https://github.com/git/git/pull/195
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  1. git-gui--askpass: generalize the window titleSebastian Schuberth, Feb 1, 2016
  2. Sebastian SchuberthFeb 12, 2016
  3. git-gui--askpass: generalize the window titleSebastian Schuberth, Mar 7, 2017
  4. Stefan BellerMar 7, 2017
  5. Sebastian SchuberthMar 7, 2017
  6. git-gui--askpass: generalize the wordingSebastian Schuberth, Apr 27, 2017
  7. Sebastian SchuberthApr 27, 2017
  8. Johannes SchindelinApr 27, 2017

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