Re: [PATCH] contrib: Honor symbolic port in git-credential-netrc.

From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
Date: Jun 20, 2025, 14:22 UTC
Message-ID: <87pleyijbg.fsf@igel.home>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqmsa27cdn.fsf@gitster.g>

On Jun 20 2025, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> Do we know symbolic port names are always limited to alnums?  Or on
> some systems some byte values in the fringe, like "_" or "-", are
> also allowed?

Valid service names are documented in RFC6335. Specifically it allows hyphens, but not underscores.

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