From: Maciej Małecki <me@mmalecki.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 08:07:47 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Use SSH key from `GIT_SSH_KEY` variable if supplied
Message-ID: <CAKC8-7zr8JKCzMwameXvXVhCcycNG8B-dzCcPiCxrqFzGr_b8w@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <robbat2-20120320T020552-803311730Z@orbis-terrarum.net>

W dniu 20 marca 2012 03:07 użytkownik Robin H. Johnson
<robbat2@gentoo.org> napisał:
> On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 06:55:06PM -0700,  Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> Hmm. I am somewhat torn.
>>
>> The minimalist in me finds this extraneous and unnecessary noise.  Why
>> should the user always set GIT_SSH_KEY environment variable that only
>> applies to git and does not help his other ssh sessions?  Why isn't having
>> an entry in .ssh/config to name IdentityFile sufficient?
>>
>> Would GIT_SSH_ARGS='-i /home/me/.ssh/there.pub -l me' be more appropriate?
> I'd strongly prefer a generic args support, for making it easier to use
> in deployment code.
After rethinking it, I'm also +1 on GIT_SSH_ARGS. Should I submit a patch?
Sorry for noob question, but it'd go into a new e-mail thread, right?