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Git abuses qt4-ssh-askpass

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CWChris “Kwpolska” Warrick <kwpolska@gmail.com>
Date
May 10, 2014, 08:41 UTC
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Hello,

when I’m using the HTTPS protocol to access repositories, a window from /usr/bin/qt4-ssh-askpass comes up. It asks for my “SSH pass phrase”, twice. Sadly, it’s wrong. The actual things it wants is the username in the first case, and the password used to access the remote repository (eg. my GitHub password) in the second question. This is a bug, and very misleading behavior.

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  1. Chris “Kwpolska” WarrickMay 10, 2014
  2. Felipe ContrerasMay 10, 2014
  3. Jeff KingMay 12, 2014

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