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Re: [Wishlist] could git tell which password it is asking when asking a password.

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Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com>
Date
Jul 1, 2011, 20:01 UTC
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On Fri, 01 Jul 2011 21:25:59 +0200 Rémi Vanicat <vanicat@debian.org> wrote: 
RV> Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
>> I was wondering about that when I gave that quick patch.  And "as a human"
>> may not necessarily apply when you are letting submodule fetch to recurse.

RV> I also believe that having the host name would be useful, both for human RV> (another example would be git remote update when there are several RV> remote) and script. 

Maybe (using %U for the URL, %h for the host, %u for the user name):
"User name for %h: " OR "User name for %h (%U): "
"Password for %u@%h: " OR "Password for %u@%h (%U): "
with some way to switch between the two styles?
Ted
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Message 7 of 15 in “[Wishlist] could git tell which password it is asking when asking a password.”
  1. Rémi VanicatJul 1, 2011
  2. Junio C HamanoJul 1, 2011
  3. Junio C HamanoJul 1, 2011
  4. Shawn PearceJul 1, 2011
  5. Junio C HamanoJul 1, 2011
  6. Rémi VanicatJul 1, 2011
  7. Ted ZlatanovJul 1, 2011
  8. Junio C HamanoJul 1, 2011
  9. Jeff KingJul 1, 2011
  10. Jeff KingJul 1, 2011
  11. Ted ZlatanovJul 1, 2011
  12. encrypted netrc for Git (was: [Wishlist] could git tell which password it is asking when asking a password.)Ted Zlatanov, Jul 14, 2011
  13. Jeff KingJul 14, 2011
  14. Ted ZlatanovJul 15, 2011
  15. Jeff KingJul 15, 2011

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