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Re: [PATCH] contrib: add a pair of credential helpers for Mac OS X's keychain

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Jay Soffian <jaysoffian@gmail.com>
Date
Oct 3, 2011, 13:16 UTC
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On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 2:57 AM, John Szakmeister <john@szakmeister.net> wrote:
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>>> I don't use GitHub for Mac... does that mean this is busted for me?
>>
>> No. It just means that the credential helper and GitHub for Mac store
>> their entry in a compatible fashion. (So that each can locate the
>> entry stored by the other.)
>
> Ah, interesting.  But it does mean that it won't pick up the password
> I've cached via my browser, right?

Correct. I can add code to also make it look for the password entry as stored by Safari/Chrome. It's actually stored as a slightly different entry type ("Web form password" vs "Internet password"), so it's not just the hostname difference.

j.
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  1. contrib: add a pair of credential helpers for Mac OS X's keychainJay Soffian, Sep 15, 2011
  2. Jeff KingSep 29, 2011
  3. Chris MearSep 29, 2011
  4. John SzakmeisterSep 29, 2011
  5. John SzakmeisterSep 30, 2011
  6. Jay SoffianSep 30, 2011
  7. Jeff KingSep 30, 2011
  8. John SzakmeisterOct 1, 2011
  9. Jay SoffianOct 3, 2011
  10. Jay SoffianSep 30, 2011
  11. Jeff KingSep 30, 2011
  12. Jay SoffianSep 30, 2011
  13. Jeff KingOct 3, 2011
  14. Jay SoffianOct 3, 2011
  15. Jeff KingOct 4, 2011
  16. Junio C HamanoOct 4, 2011
  17. Jeff KingOct 4, 2011
  18. Junio C HamanoOct 4, 2011
  19. Jay SoffianOct 4, 2011

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