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Re: [PATCH] http.c: Avoid username prompt for certifcate credentials

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Dec 21, 2012, 17:09 UTC
Message-ID
<20121221170927.GA23574@sigill.intra.peff.net>
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On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 05:31:19PM +0100, Rene Bredlau wrote:
> If sslCertPasswordProtected is set to true do not ask for username to
> decrypt rsa key. This question is pointless, the key is only protected
> by a password. Internaly the username is simply set to "".

Yeah, that makes sense. I suspect the cert-unlocking code paths for credential helpers are not that well used (and I do not think we have any test coverage for them at all), so I am not too surprised that this went unreported for a long time.

Thanks.
> Signed-off-by: Rene Bredlau <git@unrelated.de>
Acked-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
-Peff
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  1. http.c: Avoid username prompt for certifcate credentialsRene Bredlau, Dec 21, 2012
  2. Jeff KingDec 21, 2012
  3. Junio C HamanoDec 21, 2012

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