Scott ChaconWhen an HTTP request returns a 401, Git will currently fail with a confusing message saying that it got a 401, which is not very descriptive.
Currently if a user wants to use Git over HTTP, they have to use one URL with the username in the URL (e.g. "http://user@host.com/repo.git") for write access and another without the username for unauthenticated read access (unless they want to be prompted for the password each time). However, since the HTTP servers will return a 401 if an action requires authentication, we can prompt for username and password if we see this, allowing us to use a single URL for both purposes.
This patch changes http_request to prompt for the username and password, then return HTTP_REAUTH so http_get_strbuf can try again. If it gets a 401 even when a user/pass is supplied, http_request will now return HTTP_NOAUTH which remote_curl can then use to display a more intelligent error message that is less confusing.
Signed-off-by: Scott Chacon <schacon@gmail.com> ---
Updated the comments style and the commit message for Junio.
http.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++-- http.h | 2 ++ remote-curl.c | 2 ++ 3 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
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http.c, http.h, remote-curl.c
diff --git a/http.c b/http.c index 4814217..51253e1 100644 --- a/http.c +++ b/http.c @@ -815,7 +815,21 @@ static int http_request(const char *url, void *result, int target, int options) ret = HTTP_OK; else if (missing_target(&results)) ret = HTTP_MISSING_TARGET; - else + else if (results.http_code == 401) { + if (user_name) { + ret = HTTP_NOAUTH; + } else { + /* + * git_getpass is needed here because its very likely stdin/stdout are + * pipes to our parent process. So we instead need to use /dev/tty, + * but that is non-portable. Using git_getpass() can at least be stubbed + * on other platforms with a different implementation if/when necessary. + */ + user_name = xstrdup(git_getpass("Username: ")); + init_curl_http_auth(slot->curl); + ret = HTTP_REAUTH; + } + } else ret = HTTP_ERROR; } else { error("Unable to start HTTP request for %s", url); @@ -831,7 +845,11 @@ static int http_request(const char *url, void *result, int target, int options) int http_get_strbuf(const char *url, struct strbuf *result, int options) { - return http_request(url, result, HTTP_REQUEST_STRBUF, options); + int http_ret = http_request(url, result, HTTP_REQUEST_STRBUF, options); + if (http_ret == HTTP_REAUTH) { + http_ret = http_request(url, result, HTTP_REQUEST_STRBUF, options); + } + return http_ret; } /* diff --git a/http.h b/http.h index 5c9441c..2dd03e8 100644 --- a/http.h +++ b/http.h @@ -126,6 +126,8 @@ extern char *get_remote_object_url(const char *url, const char *hex, #define HTTP_MISSING_TARGET 1 #define HTTP_ERROR 2 #define HTTP_START_FAILED 3 +#define HTTP_REAUTH 4 +#define HTTP_NOAUTH 5 /* * Requests an url and stores the result in a strbuf. diff --git a/remote-curl.c b/remote-curl.c index b76bfcb..0782756 100644 --- a/remote-curl.c +++ b/remote-curl.c @@ -132,6 +132,8 @@ static struct discovery* discover_refs(const char *service) case HTTP_MISSING_TARGET: die("%s not found: did you run git update-server-info on the" " server?", refs_url); + case HTTP_NOAUTH: + die("Authentication failed"); default: http_error(refs_url, http_ret); die("HTTP request failed");
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