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[PATCH 6/6] compat/getpass: add a /dev/tty implementation

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Nov 27, 2011, 08:31 UTC
Message-ID
<20111127083151.GF1702@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To
<20111127082744.GA32068@sigill.intra.peff.net>

This is more or less what regular getpass() does, but without turning off character echoing. You have to set HAVE_DEV_TTY to enable it.

For now, only Linux enables this by default. People on other /dev/tty-enabled systems can submit patches to turn it on once they have tested it.

Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
---
 Makefile         |    8 ++++++++
 compat/getpass.c |   35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d133e2b..a2afe31 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -227,6 +227,9 @@ all::
 #
 # Define NO_REGEX if you have no or inferior regex support in your C library.
 #
+# Define HAVE_DEV_TTY if your system can open /dev/tty to interact with the
+# user.
+#
 # Define GETTEXT_POISON if you are debugging the choice of strings marked
 # for translation.  In a GETTEXT_POISON build, you can turn all strings marked
 # for translation into gibberish by setting the GIT_GETTEXT_POISON variable
@@ -835,6 +838,7 @@ ifeq ($(uname_S),Linux)
 	NO_STRLCPY = YesPlease
 	NO_MKSTEMPS = YesPlease
 	HAVE_PATHS_H = YesPlease
+	HAVE_DEV_TTY = YesPlease
 endif
 ifeq ($(uname_S),GNU/kFreeBSD)
 	NO_STRLCPY = YesPlease
@@ -1641,6 +1645,10 @@ ifdef HAVE_PATHS_H
 	BASIC_CFLAGS += -DHAVE_PATHS_H
 endif
 
+ifdef HAVE_DEV_TTY
+	BASIC_CFLAGS += -DHAVE_DEV_TTY
+endif
+
 ifdef DIR_HAS_BSD_GROUP_SEMANTICS
 	COMPAT_CFLAGS += -DDIR_HAS_BSD_GROUP_SEMANTICS
 endif
diff --git a/compat/getpass.c b/compat/getpass.c
index 8ae82f0..b5bd1dd 100644
--- a/compat/getpass.c
+++ b/compat/getpass.c
@@ -1,6 +1,41 @@
 #include "../git-compat-util.h"
 
+#ifdef HAVE_DEV_TTY
+
+char *getpass_echo(const char *prompt)
+{
+	static char buf[1024];
+	FILE *fh;
+	int i;
+
+	fh = fopen("/dev/tty", "w+");
+	if (!fh)
+		return NULL;
+
+	fputs(prompt, fh);
+	fflush(fh);
+	for (i = 0; i < sizeof(buf) - 1; i++) {
+		int ch = getc(fh);
+		if (ch == EOF || ch == '\n')
+			break;
+		buf[i] = ch;
+	}
+	buf[i] = '\0';
+
+	if (ferror(fh)) {
+		fclose(fh);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	fclose(fh);
+	return buf;
+}
+
+#else
+
 char *getpass_echo(const char *prompt)
 {
 	return getpass(prompt);
 }
+
+#endif
-- 
1.7.7.4.7.g24824
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  1. 0/13 credential helpers, take twoJeff King, Nov 24, 2011
  2. 01/13 test-lib: add test_config_global variantJeff King, Nov 24, 2011
  3. 02/13 t5550: fix typoJeff King, Nov 24, 2011
  4. 03/13 introduce credentials APIJeff King, Nov 24, 2011
  5. Junio C HamanoNov 28, 2011
  6. Jeff KingNov 29, 2011
  7. Junio C HamanoNov 29, 2011
  8. Jeff KingNov 29, 2011
  9. 04/13 credential: add function for parsing url componentsJeff King, Nov 24, 2011
  10. 05/13 http: use credential API to get passwordsJeff King, Nov 24, 2011
  11. 06/13 credential: apply helper configJeff King, Nov 24, 2011
  12. 07/13 credential: add credential.*.usernameJeff King, Nov 24, 2011
  13. 08/13 credential: make relevance of http path configurableJeff King, Nov 24, 2011
  14. 09/13 docs: end-user documentation for the credential subsystemJeff King, Nov 24, 2011
  15. 10/13 credentials: add "cache" helperJeff King, Nov 24, 2011
  16. Eric SunshineNov 24, 2011
  17. Junio C HamanoNov 29, 2011
  18. Jeff KingNov 29, 2011
  19. 11/13 strbuf: add strbuf_add*_urlencodeJeff King, Nov 24, 2011
  20. Junio C HamanoNov 29, 2011
  21. Jeff KingNov 29, 2011
  22. René ScharfeNov 29, 2011
  23. Jeff KingNov 30, 2011
  24. Junio C HamanoNov 30, 2011
  25. René ScharfeNov 30, 2011
  26. 12/13 credentials: add "store" helperJeff King, Nov 24, 2011
  27. Eric SunshineNov 24, 2011
  28. Jeff KingNov 24, 2011
  29. Junio C HamanoNov 29, 2011
  30. Jeff KingNov 29, 2011
  31. 13/13 t: add test harness for external credential helpersJeff King, Nov 24, 2011
  32. Erik Faye-LundNov 24, 2011
  33. Jeff KingNov 24, 2011
  34. Erik Faye-LundNov 24, 2011
  35. 0/6 echo usernames as they are typedJeff King, Nov 27, 2011
  36. 1/6 move git_getpass to its own source fileJeff King, Nov 27, 2011
  37. 2/6 refactor git_getpass into generic prompt functionJeff King, Nov 27, 2011
  38. 3/6 stub out getpass_echo functionJeff King, Nov 27, 2011
  39. 4/6 prompt: add PROMPT_ECHO flagJeff King, Nov 27, 2011
  40. 5/6 credential: use git_prompt instead of git_getpassJeff King, Nov 27, 2011
  41. 6/6 compat/getpass: add a /dev/tty implementationJeff King, Nov 27, 2011
  42. Junio C HamanoNov 27, 2011
  43. Erik Faye-LundNov 27, 2011
  44. Jeff KingNov 28, 2011
  45. Erik Faye-LundNov 28, 2011
  46. Jeff KingNov 28, 2011
  47. Frans KlaverNov 28, 2011
  48. Erik Faye-LundNov 28, 2011
  49. Jeff KingNov 28, 2011

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