Re: credential-store get: No such file or directory

From: Steven Penny <srpen6@gmail.com>
Date: Nov 4, 2021, 14:12 UTC
Message-ID: <CAP8dQmtLt_2+ExGUB71nJz_PWHKRrzqQVtX7d8T6FpPqgatiFQ@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <YYOrLgj3KMq6eKpp@coredump.intra.peff.net>

On Thu, Nov 4, 2021 at 4:43 AM Jeff King wrote:

> It's because internally, the "git credential-store get" command is
> assembled as a single string passed to the shell, whereas remote-https
> is run directly via exec/spawn.

Actually, I bet that is whats causing the problem. I am using MSYS2 Git [1], which is not a native Windows build of Git, but one that relies on the MSYS2 DLL for path translations and such. I have actually built a Windows native Git, but its a pain, so its easier just to use the package. Anyway, the "non native" Windows version, probably considers Bash the shell, so any commands being passed to a shell probably will be looking for Bash. I dont have Bash on my system, because for the most part I dont want or need it. If I need a shell, I just use PowerShell.

Would it be possible for Git to just run "credential-store" directly, like other commands? I assume stuff like "~/.git-credentials" would be a problem, but couldnt you just do something like this instead (pseudocode):

    var cred string = os.Getenv("HOME") + "/.git-credentials"

1. https://packages.msys2.org/package/git