From: Tay Ray Chuan Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:13:37 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] Prompt for a username when an HTTP request 401s Message-ID: In-Reply-To: Hi, On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 11:41 AM, Scott Chacon wrote: > When an HTTP request returns a 401, Git will currently fail with a > confusing message saying that it got a 401.  This changes > http_request to prompt for the username and password, then return > HTTP_REAUTH so http_get_strbuf can try again.  If it gets a 401 even > when a user/pass is supplied, http_request will now return HTTP_NOAUTH > which remote_curl can then use to display a more intelligent error > message that is less confusing. (added Daniel to the Cc list) how are you getting 401s? Recently, git set the CURL_AUTH_ANY option, so if the correct credentials are passed, curl should have "hid" the 401 from us. -- Cheers, Ray Chuan