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Re: [PATCH 2/2] prompt: respect GIT_TERMINAL_PROMPT to disable terminal prompts

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Dec 4, 2014, 21:33 UTC
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Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
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> On Thu, Dec 04, 2014 at 10:24:09AM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>
>> I wish this covered a lot more than just this part from an
>> end-user's point of view, but this is definitely one of the most
>> important code paths the mechanism should cover.
>
> Which parts do you mean? Stuff like "git add -i"?

No, more like "tag -s" that eventually leads to somebody prompting for the passphrase to unlock your GPG key---and from an end user's point of view, that somebody is Git.

Of course, from _our_ point of view, that somebody is not us. We do not have direct control, certainly from this codepath.

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  11. 1/2 credential: let helpers tell us to quitJeff King, Dec 4, 2014
  12. 2/2 prompt: respect GIT_TERMINAL_PROMPT to disable terminal promptsJeff King, Dec 4, 2014
  13. Junio C HamanoDec 4, 2014
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