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Re: Launch separate program for HTTPS prompt

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Erik Faye-Lund <kusmabite@gmail.com>
Date
Nov 13, 2012, 14:51 UTC
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On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 4:48 PM, Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@grenoble-inp.fr> wrote:

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> 乙酸鋰 <ch3cooli@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Could you launch a separate program for HTTPS prompt like SSH_ASKPASS?
>> This allows GUI programs to answer the trust or not, not via stdin.
>
> Read about credential helpers, this is what they are meant for, and they
> do launch separate programs.
>

The prompting-support for credential helpers didn't survive the inclusion; instead we have git_prompt() that consults GIT_ASKPASS and SSH_ASKPASS or falls back to git_terminal_prompt().

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  3. Erik Faye-LundNov 13, 2012
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