Re: Questions, improvements

From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Oct 19, 2021, 21:31 UTC
Message-ID: <YW85Gs8aU9rrBDOv@coredump.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <9ad3d241-5441-9fbd-76a4-7c47c6a1b70e@gmail.com>

On Tue, Oct 19, 2021 at 07:38:16PM +0200, BARDOT Jérôme wrote:

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> Why git not embed by default some gitinore rules (and can be "disable"
> after).
> All the time i have to add all operating system stuff, all editor stuff.

I think you may have a hard time getting people to agree on what should go into those rules. ;)

But you may find core.excludesFile (documented in "git help config") helpful. You can set up your personal set of files once, and they will be used in every repository.

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> I need a domain name / uri / ip base way to choose auth information.
> i find some examples in past but not as smart as what i want. (Maybe i
> miss something)
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> For auth client side can we use tools like Pass and or identity manager.

I'm not entirely sure I understand your questions here, but I think you're looking for credential helpers? Try "git help credentials" for an overview.

There are helpers which interact with common OS secure storage systems (like osxkeychain, libsecret, etc). But you can also write your own little scripts, and restrict them based on URLs.

So for instance I use this config to pull a GitHub PAT out of the "pass" tool:

  [credential "https://github.com"]
  username = peff
  helper = "!f() { test $1 = get && echo password=`pass github/token`; }; f"

-Peff