Re: SSH_ASKPASS

>
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to get "git push" to use git-gui--askpass to ask me for the
> password instead of promting me on the command promt. I need this because I
> start the "git push" command from code and there is no terminal where ssh
> can ask the user for a password. I tried writing the following tcl script
> that allmost is what I need:
>
> set env(SSH_ASKPASS) "C:/Program
> Files/Git/libexec/git-core/git-gui--askpass"
> exec ssh git@github.com
>
> Ssh will now ask me for the password using git-gui--askpass. But now the
> standardout is also shown in a dialog, and not on the standardout of the
> process. Looking at the git-gui scripts didn't help me, because I have
> absolutely zero experience in tcl.
>
> I also tried not using a tcl script, but setting SSH_ASKPASS as an
> environment variable in windows. This doesn't seem to work, ssh will still
> prompt me for a password.
>
> Anyone can help me write a script that asks for the password using
> SSH_ASKPASS but still prints the output on standardout?
>
> I use Windows btw.
>
> Henk
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