Re: SSL certificate password storage?

From: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date: Sep 24, 2011, 17:51 UTC
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In-Reply-To: <CAEsSSh2MDPgcFtrwYJ7uCDHBHPEfo35deE4dsWrb7Ukp7b310A@mail.gmail.com>

James B <coderer@gmail.com> writes:

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> I'm accessing a Git repository over an HTTPS transport, where client
> certificates are required.  My certificate requires a password to use,
> and Git prompts me for this every time I use it -- it's starting to
> get a little old.  I've got Subversion set up to use Gnome-Keyring for
> credentials, so I only have to unlock that once per session.  Is there
> something similar for Git?  Is it planned?  If not, is there a good
> place to make feature requests?

There is "credential helper" series:
 * infrastructure and simple example implementations,
   like in-memory cache by Jeff King
 * credential helper for MacOS X keychain from Jay Soffian
 * credential helper for KDE (KWallet) from Lukas Sandström
 * simple credential helper for Windows by Erik Faye-Lund

In 'next' there is only sample implemetations (credentia-cache and credential-store). Some of the rest you can find in 'pu', others only on git mailing list.

Currently there are no credentials helper for GNOME. Perhaps you can write one?

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Jakub Narębski