Re: [PATCH] credential-osxkeychain: support more protocols
On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 6:27 PM, John Szakmeister <john@szakmeister.net> wrote:
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> On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 3:57 AM, Xidorn Quan <quanxunzhen@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Add protocol ftp, smtp, and ssh for credential-osxkeychain.
> > ---
> > contrib/credential/osxkeychain/git-credential-osxkeychain.c | 8 +++++++-
> > 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/contrib/credential/osxkeychain/git-credential-osxkeychain.c b/contrib/credential/osxkeychain/git-credential-osxkeychain.c
> > index 3940202..4ddcfb3 100644
> > --- a/contrib/credential/osxkeychain/git-credential-osxkeychain.c
> > +++ b/contrib/credential/osxkeychain/git-credential-osxkeychain.c
> > @@ -127,10 +127,16 @@ static void read_credential(void)
> > *v++ = '\0';
> >
> > if (!strcmp(buf, "protocol")) {
> > - if (!strcmp(v, "https"))
> > + if (!strcmp(v, "ftp"))
> > + protocol = kSecProtocolTypeFTP;
> > + else if (!strcmp(v, "https"))
> > protocol = kSecProtocolTypeHTTPS;
> > else if (!strcmp(v, "http"))
> > protocol = kSecProtocolTypeHTTP;
> > + else if (!strcmp(v, "smtp"))
> > + protocol = kSecProtocolTypeSMTP;
> > + else if (!strcmp(v, "ssh"))
> > + protocol = kSecProtocolTypeSSH;
> > else /* we don't yet handle other protocols */
> > exit(0);
>
> This looks pretty good, except the last one raises a question. I'm
> using Mac OS X, and ssh already interacts with keychain to get my SSH
> key password. Is this mainly for password logins via SSH? Assuming
> that's the case:
>
> Signed-off-by: John Szakmeister <john@szakmeister.net>
>
> -JohnI thought that SSH password logins can benefit from it, but I just found that it is wrong because it seems that SSH client is responsible for authenticating. Consequently, supporting SSH here is useless. I will remove that lines and send this patch again.
Since it is the first time I submit a patch to git, I am not very familiar with the convention here. Should I send the modified patch to the maintainer directly? And what information should I append to my patch before it can get merged?
-- Xidorn Quan
Xidorn Quan
