# feature needed imap-send pass as cli switch 2 messages from 2009-01-28 to 2009-01-28. Participants: Caleb Cushing, David Aguilar. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/17408 ## Caleb Cushing, 2009-01-28 07:18 Subject: feature needed imap-send pass as cli switch Message-ID: <81bfc67a0901272318i707b66a0ja20f97df6fe95c73@mail.gmail.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/81bfc67a0901272318i707b66a0ja20f97df6fe95c73%40mail.gmail.com ``` I tend to have my .gitconfig shared on github with a bunch of other config files and this has been ok, until submitting a patch here I needed to use imap-send, and the only way I see in the documentation is to put my email password in .gitconfig, obviously I can't push this up to my remote as I usually do. I'd like to see an option to pass the password on the cli, either as an input prompt or as just an argument to an option, or both. I think storing it in the config file is a security risk, storing passwords in plaintext is just bad practice. if it's already possible could someone share how with me? and perhaps patch the documentation to include how. -- Caleb Cushing http://xenoterracide.blogspot.com ``` ## David Aguilar, 2009-01-28 08:22 Subject: Re: feature needed imap-send pass as cli switch Message-ID: <402731c90901280022y7a2520bbx5454e523b852a5e8@mail.gmail.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/402731c90901280022y7a2520bbx5454e523b852a5e8%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: <81bfc67a0901272318i707b66a0ja20f97df6fe95c73@mail.gmail.com> ``` On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 11:18 PM, Caleb Cushing wrote: > I tend to have my .gitconfig shared on github with a bunch of other > config files and this has been ok, until submitting a patch here I > needed to use imap-send, and the only way I see in the documentation Are you sending patches through gmail? If so, check out: http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/GitTips#head-a015948617d9becbdc9836776f96ad244ba87cb8 You can add .msmtprc to your .gitignore and keep it chmod 600. Sure, it's cheating -- instead of keeping the data in .gitconfig we're now keeping it in .mstmprc, but maybe it's a suitable workaround? > is to put my email password in .gitconfig, obviously I can't push this > up to my remote as I usually do. I'd like to see an option to pass the > password on the cli, either as an input prompt or as just an argument > to an option, or both. I think storing it in the config file is a > security risk, storing passwords in plaintext is just bad practice. > > if it's already possible could someone share how with me? and perhaps > patch the documentation to include how. > -- > Caleb Cushing > > http://xenoterracide.blogspot.com > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > -- David ```