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Re: Questions, improvements

From
Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Oct 20, 2021, 11:42 UTC
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Hi,
On Tue, 19 Oct 2021, Jeff King wrote:
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> On Tue, Oct 19, 2021 at 07:38:16PM +0200, BARDOT Jérôme wrote:
>
> > 2)
> >
> > 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)
> >
> > 3)
> >
> > 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"

A quite complete, cross-platform credential helper (included in Git for Windows and enabled by default, but it also works on macOS and on Linux) is Git Credential Manager: https://github.com/microsoft/Git-Credential-Manager-Core/

It comes with backends for some major Git hosters and is pretty hassle-free, once configured.

Ciao, Johannes

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  1. BARDOT JérômeOct 19, 2021
  2. Jeff KingOct 19, 2021
  3. Johannes SchindelinOct 20, 2021
  4. BARDOT JérômeOct 20, 2021
  5. brian m. carlsonOct 21, 2021
  6. BARDOT JérômeOct 20, 2021
  7. brian m. carlsonOct 21, 2021

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