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Re: The imporantance of including http credential caching in 1.7.7

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Sep 9, 2011, 18:34 UTC
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<20110909183424.GD28480@sigill.intra.peff.net>
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On Fri, Sep 09, 2011 at 10:06:08AM +0200, Michael J Gruber wrote:
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> > So I think the wheels have been turning on this for quite a while from
> > GitHub's perspective.
> 
> Thanks for clarifying. While it should make no difference for the
> acceptance of patches, it's great to see GitHub invest into scratching
> their Git itches, and thus contribute back. That's how open source works
> as a business model :)

Yes. I don't often enough mention how awesome GitHub is for funding me and giving me a free hand to improve git. They're doing everything right. So let me mention it here one more time. :)

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> > In the meantime, the best thing we can do to push it forward is to write
> > helpers. I implemented some basic ones that should work anywhere, but
> > aren't as nice as integration with existing keychains. Some people are
> > working on Linux ones. The single best thing GitHub can do to push this
> > forward right now is to provide a well-written OS X Keychain helper, and
> > to provide feedback on whether git's end of the API is good enough.
> 
> ... and one for Git on Windows? It seems we're lacking both Win and OS X
> developers here.

I mentioned OS X because of Kyle's mention of the GitHub for Mac client. But yes, I do think in the long term we want something similar on Windows. GitHub recently hired a developer with some Windows experience; I'll try to see if he's interested in writing a credential helper.

-Peff
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Message 24 of 24 in “The imporantance of including http credential caching in 1.7.7”
  1. Kyle NeathSep 7, 2011
  2. Sverre RabbelierSep 7, 2011
  3. Kyle NeathSep 7, 2011
  4. Junio C HamanoSep 7, 2011
  5. Michael J GruberSep 7, 2011
  6. Kyle NeathSep 7, 2011
  7. Junio C HamanoSep 7, 2011
  8. Philip OakleySep 7, 2011
  9. Junio C HamanoSep 7, 2011
  10. Michael J GruberSep 8, 2011
  11. John SzakmeisterSep 8, 2011
  12. Jeff KingSep 8, 2011
  13. Michael J GruberSep 9, 2011
  14. Miles BaderSep 9, 2011
  15. Jeff KingSep 9, 2011
  16. Jeff KingSep 8, 2011
  17. Michael J GruberSep 9, 2011
  18. Ted ZlatanovSep 9, 2011
  19. John SzakmeisterSep 9, 2011
  20. Erik Faye-LundSep 9, 2011
  21. John SzakmeisterSep 9, 2011
  22. Ted ZlatanovSep 9, 2011
  23. Ted ZlatanovSep 9, 2011
  24. Jeff KingSep 9, 2011

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