Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] send-mail: add client certificate options

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Feb 26, 2026, 16:41 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqo6lb4fuy.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <319bf98c-52df-4bf9-b157-e4bc2bf087d6@dev.snart.me>

David Timber <dxdt@dev.snart.me> writes:

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> I'm just trying to expose what's possible with the Perl SSL interface to
> the user as much as possible. Paranoid people(like me who would want to
> set up mtual vertification to deter bot attacks) would want both PEM and
> PKCS12 because major implementations including Thunderbird and K-9 only
> accept PKCS#12(imposed by the application and imposed by the operating
> system - Android, respectively) while the openssl x509 stack is more
> suited for PEM(separate cert and key).
>
> It's a niche, I know. But something tells me that you'd want to push
> this feature forward. Thank you for the rest of the comments. Will come
> back with the revised patch that I hope may unconfuse you. Good to know
> the project is in good hands.

OK, please incorporate what you explained here in the commit log message and/or in-code comment, in order to help future readers of "git log -p". I'd prefer to see it done before the topic goes out of my short-term memory ;-)

Thanks.