Re: [PATCH] contrib: Honor symbolic port in git-credential-netrc.

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Jun 20, 2025, 16:39 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqtt4a2wr3.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <87pleyijbg.fsf@igel.home>

Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org> writes:

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> On Jun 20 2025, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>
>> Do we know symbolic port names are always limited to alnums?  Or on
>> some systems some byte values in the fringe, like "_" or "-", are
>> also allowed?
>
> Valid service names are documented in RFC6335.  Specifically it allows
> hyphens, but not underscores.

Yes, something like that is what I wanted the original contributor to write in the proposed log message to explain how the loosened rule for accepted "port" was chosen (and relize that alnum is not sufficient).

Thanks.

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