From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Thu, 04 Feb 2010 02:32:10 GMT
Subject: Re: http getpass function in msysgit
Message-ID: <7vfx5hybmd.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <1976ea661002031756j2c2699b0hf7deb8febdce841b@mail.gmail.com>

Frank Li <lznuaa@gmail.com> writes:

> Can we direct use SSH_ASKPASS for all getpass and don't use GIT_ASKPASS at all?
> The logic will be come simple.

If you _really_ have to ask me,...

I'd suspect people would feel it funny if the only advertised interface
were SSH_*, especially when they don't use OpenSSH at all and setting up
the prompter solely to use git over http.  If you use GIT_ASKPASS as the
advertised _primary_ interface to drive the prompter, while falling back
on SSH_ASKPASS as a mere end-user convenience measure, you wouldn't have
that problem.  Hence my suggestion.

But in the end it's up to you to decide.  I won't be writing this code
;-).