From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2012 18:28:42 GMT
Subject: Re: Failure using webdav basic auth by git client
Message-ID: <20121111182842.GC21654@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <121F1C4AA6A845229D3DF5808B4F0F9E@black>

On Sun, Nov 11, 2012 at 01:09:02PM -0500, Jason Pyeron wrote:

> > My google fu has failed me on this issue. I am trying to setup http(s)
> > repositories for git. If I require authenticated users then git asks
> > for a username and password for the first volley of communications, but
> > then does not include the Authorization header on subsequent requests.
> [...]
> > > GET /git/test/info/refs?service=git-receive-pack HTTP/1.1
> > User-Agent: git/1.7.9

Can you try with a more recent git version? There were some bugs with
on-demand http auth when using the dumb protocol (which I see you are
using). They were fixed in v1.7.10.2 and higher.

Also, consider setting up the smart-http protocol, as it is way more
efficient.

-Peff