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Re: Push from an SSH Terminal

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Feb 3, 2012, 22:13 UTC
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<20120203221324.GA8048@sigill.intra.peff.net>
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On Fri, Feb 03, 2012 at 04:36:54PM -0500, Jeff King wrote:
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> > Check to see if the GIT_ASKPASS and/or SSH_ASKPASS environment variables
> > are set, and if the core.askpass config variable is set.  If any of these
> > are set, unset them.  Git should fall back to a simple password prompt.
> 
> Hmm, yeah that is likely the problem. I was thinking git would fall back
> to asking on the terminal, but it does not. We probably should.
We should probably do this:
  [1/2]: prompt: clean up strbuf usage
  [2/2]: prompt: fall back to terminal if askpass fails
-Peff
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Message 6 of 12 in “Push from an SSH Terminal”
  1. Feanil PatelFeb 3, 2012
  2. Neal GroothuisFeb 3, 2012
  3. Feanil PatelFeb 3, 2012
  4. Neal GroothuisFeb 3, 2012
  5. Jeff KingFeb 3, 2012
  6. Jeff KingFeb 3, 2012
  7. 1/2 prompt: clean up strbuf usageJeff King, Feb 3, 2012
  8. 2/2 prompt: fall back to terminal if askpass failsJeff King, Feb 3, 2012
  9. Junio C HamanoFeb 4, 2012
  10. Jeff KingFeb 4, 2012
  11. Junio C HamanoFeb 4, 2012
  12. Jeff KingFeb 3, 2012

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