From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2016 18:09:42 GMT
Subject: Re: Https password present in git output
Message-ID: <xmqqd1mh1kbd.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <2908abd39c722c080ec37a987a79e32f@cryptolab.net>

ervion <ervion@cryptolab.net> writes:

> Sometimes using ssh is not possible and saving https password in plain
> text to disk may be desireable
> (in case of encrypted disk it would be equivalent security with
> caching password in memory).
>
> One possibility for this in git is to save remote in the
> https://username:password@domain.com/repo.git format.

Wasn't netrc support added exactly because users do not want to do
this?