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Re: Git libsecret No Unlock Dialog Issue

From
Dennis Kaarsemaker <dennis@kaarsemaker.net>
Date
Nov 2, 2017, 18:55 UTC
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On Thu, 2017-11-02 at 11:35 -0700, Stefan Beller wrote:
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> On Thu, Nov 2, 2017 at 9:00 AM, Yaroslav Sapozhnyk
> <yaroslav.sapozhnik@gmail.com> wrote:
> > When using Git on Fedora with locked password store
> > credential-libsecret asks for username/password instead of displaying
> > the unlock dialog.
> 
> Git as packaged by Fedora or upstream Git (which version)?

Looking at the code: current upstream git. Looking at the documentation for libsecret, this should fix it. I've not been able to test it though.

diff --git a/contrib/credential/libsecret/git-credential-libsecret.c b/contrib/credential/libsecret/git-credential-libsecret.c
index 4c56979d8a..b4750c9ee8 100644
--- a/contrib/credential/libsecret/git-credential-libsecret.c
+++ b/contrib/credential/libsecret/git-credential-libsecret.c
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ static int keyring_get(struct credential *c)
        items = secret_service_search_sync(service,
                                           SECRET_SCHEMA_COMPAT_NETWORK,
                                           attributes,
-                                          SECRET_SEARCH_LOAD_SECRETS,
+                                          SECRET_SEARCH_LOAD_SECRETS | SECRET_SEARCH_UNLOCK,
                                           NULL,
                                           &error);
        g_hash_table_unref(attributes);
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  1. Yaroslav SapozhnykNov 2, 2017
  2. Stefan BellerNov 2, 2017
  3. Yaroslav SapozhnykNov 2, 2017
  4. Dennis KaarsemakerNov 2, 2017
  5. Yaroslav SapozhnykNov 2, 2017
  6. Yaroslav SapozhnykNov 3, 2017
  7. credential-libsecret: unlock locked secretsDennis Kaarsemaker, Nov 3, 2017
  8. Mantas MikulėnasNov 6, 2017

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