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Re: [PATCH 0/6] echo usernames as they are typed

From
Erik Faye-Lund <kusmabite@gmail.com>
Date
Nov 27, 2011, 09:17 UTC
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On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 9:27 AM, Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote:
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> On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 05:58:01AM -0500, Jeff King wrote:
>
>> Here's a revised version of the http-auth / credential-helper series.
>
> And here's something I've been meaning to do on top: actually echo
> characters at the username prompt. We can't do this portably, but we can
> at least stub out a compatibility layer and let each system do something
> sensible.
>
>  [1/6]: move git_getpass to its own source file
>  [2/6]: refactor git_getpass into generic prompt function
>  [3/6]: stub out getpass_echo function
>  [4/6]: prompt: add PROMPT_ECHO flag
>  [5/6]: credential: use git_prompt instead of git_getpass
>  [6/6]: compat/getpass: add a /dev/tty implementation
>
> -Peff

Interesting, I've been working on something pretty similar: getting rid of getpass usage all together:

https://github.com/kusma/git/tree/work/askpass

My reason to write a getpass replacement was to avoid capping input to PASS_MAX, which can be as low as 8 characters (and AFAIK is just that on Solaris)...

Previous: Junio C HamanoNext: Jeff King
Message 43 of 49 in “credential helpers, take two”
  1. 0/13 credential helpers, take twoJeff King, Nov 24, 2011
  2. 01/13 test-lib: add test_config_global variantJeff King, Nov 24, 2011
  3. 02/13 t5550: fix typoJeff King, Nov 24, 2011
  4. 03/13 introduce credentials APIJeff King, Nov 24, 2011
  5. Junio C HamanoNov 28, 2011
  6. Jeff KingNov 29, 2011
  7. Junio C HamanoNov 29, 2011
  8. Jeff KingNov 29, 2011
  9. 04/13 credential: add function for parsing url componentsJeff King, Nov 24, 2011
  10. 05/13 http: use credential API to get passwordsJeff King, Nov 24, 2011
  11. 06/13 credential: apply helper configJeff King, Nov 24, 2011
  12. 07/13 credential: add credential.*.usernameJeff King, Nov 24, 2011
  13. 08/13 credential: make relevance of http path configurableJeff King, Nov 24, 2011
  14. 09/13 docs: end-user documentation for the credential subsystemJeff King, Nov 24, 2011
  15. 10/13 credentials: add "cache" helperJeff King, Nov 24, 2011
  16. Eric SunshineNov 24, 2011
  17. Junio C HamanoNov 29, 2011
  18. Jeff KingNov 29, 2011
  19. 11/13 strbuf: add strbuf_add*_urlencodeJeff King, Nov 24, 2011
  20. Junio C HamanoNov 29, 2011
  21. Jeff KingNov 29, 2011
  22. René ScharfeNov 29, 2011
  23. Jeff KingNov 30, 2011
  24. Junio C HamanoNov 30, 2011
  25. René ScharfeNov 30, 2011
  26. 12/13 credentials: add "store" helperJeff King, Nov 24, 2011
  27. Eric SunshineNov 24, 2011
  28. Jeff KingNov 24, 2011
  29. Junio C HamanoNov 29, 2011
  30. Jeff KingNov 29, 2011
  31. 13/13 t: add test harness for external credential helpersJeff King, Nov 24, 2011
  32. Erik Faye-LundNov 24, 2011
  33. Jeff KingNov 24, 2011
  34. Erik Faye-LundNov 24, 2011
  35. 0/6 echo usernames as they are typedJeff King, Nov 27, 2011
  36. 1/6 move git_getpass to its own source fileJeff King, Nov 27, 2011
  37. 2/6 refactor git_getpass into generic prompt functionJeff King, Nov 27, 2011
  38. 3/6 stub out getpass_echo functionJeff King, Nov 27, 2011
  39. 4/6 prompt: add PROMPT_ECHO flagJeff King, Nov 27, 2011
  40. 5/6 credential: use git_prompt instead of git_getpassJeff King, Nov 27, 2011
  41. 6/6 compat/getpass: add a /dev/tty implementationJeff King, Nov 27, 2011
  42. Junio C HamanoNov 27, 2011
  43. Erik Faye-LundNov 27, 2011
  44. Jeff KingNov 28, 2011
  45. Erik Faye-LundNov 28, 2011
  46. Jeff KingNov 28, 2011
  47. Frans KlaverNov 28, 2011
  48. Erik Faye-LundNov 28, 2011
  49. Jeff KingNov 28, 2011

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