# Fwd: Can't override username of default credential context to have different username in custom context. 3 messages from 2015-04-27 to 2015-04-28. Participants: Vladislav Kostenko, Jeff King. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/39168 ## Vladislav Kostenko, 2015-04-27 16:19 Subject: Fwd: Can't override username of default credential context to have different username in custom context. Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CAK9djV0CqO4sXPMqKCnH3VZFQ4G%3DXFbNPRF-ZMXjNRLjqfcngw%40mail.gmail.com ``` Hi, Here is my scenario: 1. First I set default username git config --global credential.username myUsername 2. Then I want to have different username for my other repository git config --global credential.https://myOtherRepository.visualstudio.com.username myOtherUsername 3. When I try to pull new changes, git asks for password of myUsername Password for 'https://myUsername@myOtherRepository.visualstudio.com': But I want to have: Password for 'https://myOtherUsername@myOtherRepository.visualstudio.com': Is there any way to accomplish overriding? PS: I've found that if I change steps 1 and 2 I will get what I want. But this is not a solution as it require to unset and set credential.username after I add a new credential context. So the ordering does matter and it looks for me like it shouldn't. -- Best regards, Vlad. ``` ## Jeff King, 2015-04-28 05:25 Subject: Re: Fwd: Can't override username of default credential context to have different username in custom context. Message-ID: <20150428052502.GF24580@peff.net> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20150428052502.GF24580%40peff.net In-Reply-To: ``` On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 09:19:31PM +0500, Vladislav Kostenko wrote: > Here is my scenario: > > 1. First I set default username > git config --global credential.username myUsername > > 2. Then I want to have different username for my other repository > git config --global > credential.https://myOtherRepository.visualstudio.com.username > myOtherUsername > > 3. When I try to pull new changes, git asks for password of myUsername > Password for 'https://myUsername@myOtherRepository.visualstudio.com': > > But I want to have: > Password for 'https://myOtherUsername@myOtherRepository.visualstudio.com': > > Is there any way to accomplish overriding? Only by changing the ordering in the config file, as you noticed. The other http.* options will choose the most-specific match, but the credential code predates that, and blindly goes in config order. Kyle (cc'd) added the urlmatch support for http.*, and might be able to say whether it could be adapted for the credential code. If so, then I think it would need somebody to volunteer to work on it. That would technically be a backwards-incompatible change to switch the lookup order at this point in time, but I'm somewhat of the opinion that in any case it matters, the new behavior would be a strict improvement. -Peff ``` ## Jeff King, 2015-04-28 05:25 Subject: Re: Fwd: Can't override username of default credential context to have different username in custom context. Message-ID: <20150428052539.GG24580@peff.net> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20150428052539.GG24580%40peff.net In-Reply-To: <20150428052502.GF24580@peff.net> ``` [+cc Kyle, who I forgot on the initial send. Oops!] On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 01:25:02AM -0400, Jeff King wrote: > On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 09:19:31PM +0500, Vladislav Kostenko wrote: > > > Here is my scenario: > > > > 1. First I set default username > > git config --global credential.username myUsername > > > > 2. Then I want to have different username for my other repository > > git config --global > > credential.https://myOtherRepository.visualstudio.com.username > > myOtherUsername > > > > 3. When I try to pull new changes, git asks for password of myUsername > > Password for 'https://myUsername@myOtherRepository.visualstudio.com': > > > > But I want to have: > > Password for 'https://myOtherUsername@myOtherRepository.visualstudio.com': > > > > Is there any way to accomplish overriding? > > Only by changing the ordering in the config file, as you noticed. > > The other http.* options will choose the most-specific match, but the > credential code predates that, and blindly goes in config order. Kyle > (cc'd) added the urlmatch support for http.*, and might be able to say > whether it could be adapted for the credential code. If so, then I think > it would need somebody to volunteer to work on it. > > That would technically be a backwards-incompatible change to switch the > lookup order at this point in time, but I'm somewhat of the opinion that > in any case it matters, the new behavior would be a strict improvement. > > -Peff > -- > 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 ```