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Re: [PATCH 10/14] http: use hostname in credential description

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Aug 8, 2011, 17:16 UTC
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<20110722221337.GA15753@sigill.intra.peff.net>
Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
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> I expect those cases to be even less common, of course, but it's nice
> that it's straightforward to support them.
>
>> > I tried to optimize for the common case (many repos under one identity)
>> > than the uncommon (many identities under one host).
>> 
>> As I am not convinced if this statement is true.
>
> I admit I don't have any data beyond my own experiences. GitHub tends
> towards the concept of a single identity, and it has some group
> management. I don't know about other sites, though. Do you have any
> specific examples in mind?

I think I heard Shawn talk about Gerrit installations where multiple instances that serve separate userbases are behind a shared Apache front-end that would be problematic with this limitation.

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Message 24 of 33 in “less annoying http authentication”
  1. 0/14 less annoying http authenticationJeff King, Jul 18, 2011
  2. 01/14 parse-options: add OPT_STRING_LIST helperJeff King, Jul 18, 2011
  3. 02/14 url: decode buffers that are not NUL-terminatedJeff King, Jul 18, 2011
  4. Junio C HamanoJul 20, 2011
  5. 03/14 improve httpd auth testsJeff King, Jul 18, 2011
  6. 04/14 remote-curl: don't retry auth failures with dumb protocolJeff King, Jul 18, 2011
  7. 05/14 http: retry authentication failures for all http requestsJeff King, Jul 18, 2011
  8. 06/14 introduce credentials APIJeff King, Jul 18, 2011
  9. Junio C HamanoJul 20, 2011
  10. Jeff KingJul 22, 2011
  11. Junio C HamanoJul 22, 2011
  12. Jeff KingJul 22, 2011
  13. Junio C HamanoJul 21, 2011
  14. Jeff KingJul 22, 2011
  15. 07/14 http: use credential API to get passwordsJeff King, Jul 18, 2011
  16. 08/14 look for credentials in config before promptingJeff King, Jul 18, 2011
  17. 09/14 allow the user to configure credential helpersJeff King, Jul 18, 2011
  18. 10/14 http: use hostname in credential descriptionJeff King, Jul 18, 2011
  19. Junio C HamanoJul 20, 2011
  20. Jeff KingJul 22, 2011
  21. Junio C HamanoJul 22, 2011
  22. Jeff KingJul 22, 2011
  23. Ted ZlatanovAug 8, 2011
  24. Junio C HamanoAug 8, 2011
  25. Ted ZlatanovAug 19, 2011
  26. Jeff KingAug 25, 2011
  27. Ted ZlatanovAug 26, 2011
  28. 11/14 docs: end-user documentation for the credential subsystemJeff King, Jul 18, 2011
  29. Junio C HamanoJul 20, 2011
  30. 12/14 credentials: add "cache" helperJeff King, Jul 18, 2011
  31. 13/14 credentials: add "store" helperJeff King, Jul 18, 2011
  32. 14/14 credentials: add "getpass" helperJeff King, Jul 18, 2011
  33. Jeff KingJul 18, 2011

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