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Re: [PATCH 10/14] http: use hostname in credential description

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Aug 25, 2011, 20:23 UTC
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On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 07:01:21AM -0500, Ted Zlatanov wrote:
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> I see some info in "What's Cooking" about this patch but it's unclear to
> me whether the hostname issue (where it's hard to have multiple
> identities on a single server, which I think is all right) is blocking
> the inclusion of the patch into the next release, or if it will be
> included eventually if no one complains about that issue, or something
> else...

Junio and I discussed it a bit in another thread. I think the ability to use "user@hostname" to disambiguate means the problem is dealt with at a high level. And the "cache" helper handles that just fine. But the "store" helper will conflate two entries for the same host. I'll see if I can work on a patch for that.

It looks like Junio is planning to hold the series off until 1.7.8. Have you been working on a Secrets API helper? If so, I'd love to get feedback on how well the interface is serving your needs.

-Peff
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Message 26 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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