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[PATCH 05/14] http: retry authentication failures for all http requests

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Jul 18, 2011, 07:50 UTC
Message-ID
<20110718075014.GE12341@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To
<20110718074642.GA11678@sigill.intra.peff.net>

Commit 42653c0 (Prompt for a username when an HTTP request 401s, 2010-04-01) changed http_get_strbuf to prompt for credentials when we receive a 401, but didn't touch http_get_file. The latter is called only for dumb http; while it's usually the case that people don't use authentication on top of dumb http, there is no reason not to allow both types of requests to use this feature.

Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
---
 http.c |   17 +++++++++++------
 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/http.c b/http.c
index c93716c..89e3cf4 100644
--- a/http.c
+++ b/http.c
@@ -846,13 +846,18 @@ static int http_request(const char *url, void *result, int target, int options)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static int http_request_reauth(const char *url, void *result, int target,
+			       int options)
+{
+	int ret = http_request(url, result, target, options);
+	if (ret != HTTP_REAUTH)
+		return ret;
+	return http_request(url, result, target, options);
+}
+
 int http_get_strbuf(const char *url, struct strbuf *result, int options)
 {
-	int http_ret = http_request(url, result, HTTP_REQUEST_STRBUF, options);
-	if (http_ret == HTTP_REAUTH) {
-		http_ret = http_request(url, result, HTTP_REQUEST_STRBUF, options);
-	}
-	return http_ret;
+	return http_request_reauth(url, result, HTTP_REQUEST_STRBUF, options);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -875,7 +880,7 @@ static int http_get_file(const char *url, const char *filename, int options)
 		goto cleanup;
 	}
 
-	ret = http_request(url, result, HTTP_REQUEST_FILE, options);
+	ret = http_request_reauth(url, result, HTTP_REQUEST_FILE, options);
 	fclose(result);
 
 	if ((ret == HTTP_OK) && move_temp_to_file(tmpfile.buf, filename))
-- 
1.7.6.rc1.12.g65e2
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Message 7 of 33 in “less annoying http authentication”
  1. 0/14 less annoying http authenticationJeff King, Jul 18, 2011
  2. 01/14 parse-options: add OPT_STRING_LIST helperJeff King, Jul 18, 2011
  3. 02/14 url: decode buffers that are not NUL-terminatedJeff King, Jul 18, 2011
  4. Junio C HamanoJul 20, 2011
  5. 03/14 improve httpd auth testsJeff King, Jul 18, 2011
  6. 04/14 remote-curl: don't retry auth failures with dumb protocolJeff King, Jul 18, 2011
  7. 05/14 http: retry authentication failures for all http requestsJeff King, Jul 18, 2011
  8. 06/14 introduce credentials APIJeff King, Jul 18, 2011
  9. Junio C HamanoJul 20, 2011
  10. Jeff KingJul 22, 2011
  11. Junio C HamanoJul 22, 2011
  12. Jeff KingJul 22, 2011
  13. Junio C HamanoJul 21, 2011
  14. Jeff KingJul 22, 2011
  15. 07/14 http: use credential API to get passwordsJeff King, Jul 18, 2011
  16. 08/14 look for credentials in config before promptingJeff King, Jul 18, 2011
  17. 09/14 allow the user to configure credential helpersJeff King, Jul 18, 2011
  18. 10/14 http: use hostname in credential descriptionJeff King, Jul 18, 2011
  19. Junio C HamanoJul 20, 2011
  20. Jeff KingJul 22, 2011
  21. Junio C HamanoJul 22, 2011
  22. Jeff KingJul 22, 2011
  23. Ted ZlatanovAug 8, 2011
  24. Junio C HamanoAug 8, 2011
  25. Ted ZlatanovAug 19, 2011
  26. Jeff KingAug 25, 2011
  27. Ted ZlatanovAug 26, 2011
  28. 11/14 docs: end-user documentation for the credential subsystemJeff King, Jul 18, 2011
  29. Junio C HamanoJul 20, 2011
  30. 12/14 credentials: add "cache" helperJeff King, Jul 18, 2011
  31. 13/14 credentials: add "store" helperJeff King, Jul 18, 2011
  32. 14/14 credentials: add "getpass" helperJeff King, Jul 18, 2011
  33. Jeff KingJul 18, 2011

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