Re: [PATCH] Ensure that SSH runs in non-interactive mode

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Jul 20, 2008, 18:33 UTC
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.1.00.0807202029310.3305@eeepc-johanness>
In-Reply-To: <1216576183.3673.2.camel@pc7.dolda2000.com>

Hi,

On Sun, 20 Jul 2008, Fredrik Tolf wrote:

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> On Sun, 2008-07-20 at 12:27 +0200, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
>
> > Well, this was to be expected, after what I wrote in response to 3. in 
> > http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/76650/focus=2598
> > 
> > Reality always catches up with you, and here again we see that plink 
> > and other siblings of OpenSSH should be best handled with scripts, 
> > preferably ones that strip out options they do not recognize.
> 
> Otherwise, an alternative may be to always install a script, say 
> `git-ssh', that would invoke the real SSH in a manner specific for the 
> platform. The exact script installed could even be parametrized by the 
> Makefile. For systems using OpenSSH, it would probably just consist of 
> `ssh -xT "$@"'.
> 
> What do you think?

Umm, why? I fully expect OpenSSH to be the most common ssh helper. I fail to see why we should optimize for something else.

The GIT_SSH solution works.  Why not just leave things like they are?

Ciao, Dscho