From: Sven Strickroth <sven.strickroth@tu-clausthal.de>
To: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>,
Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] git-svn, perl/Git.pm: extend and use Git->prompt method for querying users
Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2011 15:53:30 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4EFDD06A.3010708@tu-clausthal.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20111230135423.GA1684@sigill.intra.peff.net>
Am 30.12.2011 14:54 schrieb Jeff King:
>>> I thought that was updated with Peff's series recently?
>>
>> So, was this changed? git-core doesn't ask for a username using
>> *_ASKPASS helpers anymore?
>
> No, it will. It's only that we will echo characters when using the
> terminal prompt. In theory we could have an ASKPASS-style interface that
> would would echo characters, but there's no such interface in common
> use (i.e., we would have to invent it).
I also updated the _ASKPASS helper of TortoiseGit so that it only shows
asterisks if "pass" is not contained in the prompt.
> For credentials, it would be nice to be able to create a multi-field
> dialog, like:
>
> Username: <text input>
> Password: <text input>
> Remember password? [checkbox]
>
> I was planning to do something custom for credentials as an extension to
> the credential helper protocol, but this could also fall under the
> heading of a general prompt helper.
This might be problematic, because (for git-svn) username and password
are not requested together.
--
Best regards,
Sven Strickroth
ClamAV, a GPL anti-virus toolkit http://www.clamav.net
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-12-30 14:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 82+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-11-17 15:15 [PATCH] honour GIT_ASKPASS for querying username in git-svn Sven Strickroth
2011-11-18 11:36 ` Erik Faye-Lund
2011-11-18 13:30 ` Sven Strickroth
2011-11-18 14:19 ` Erik Faye-Lund
2011-11-26 11:33 ` Sven Strickroth
2011-11-30 6:44 ` Jeff King
2011-12-26 23:49 ` Sven Strickroth
2011-12-27 14:33 ` Jakub Narebski
2011-12-27 14:39 ` Sven Strickroth
2011-12-27 16:00 ` Jakub Narebski
2011-12-27 16:01 ` [PATCH 0/5] honour *_ASKPASS for querying user " Sven Strickroth
2011-12-27 16:05 ` [PATCH 1/5] add central method for prompting a user using GIT_ASKPASS or SSH_ASKPASS Sven Strickroth
2011-12-27 20:47 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-12-27 23:12 ` Thomas Adam
2011-12-27 23:35 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-12-27 16:06 ` [PATCH 2/5] switch to central prompt method Sven Strickroth
2011-12-27 20:47 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-12-27 16:07 ` [PATCH 3/5] honour *_ASKPASS for querying username and for querying further actions like unknown certificates Sven Strickroth
2011-12-27 20:56 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-12-27 16:07 ` [PATCH 4/5] ignore empty *_ASKPASS variables Sven Strickroth
2011-12-27 21:00 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-12-27 16:07 ` [PATCH 5/5] make askpass_prompt a global prompt method for asking users Sven Strickroth
2011-12-27 21:10 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-12-27 21:41 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-12-28 0:11 ` [PATCH 1/2] git-svn, perl/Git.pm: add central method for prompting passwords honoring GIT_ASKPASS and SSH_ASKPASS Sven Strickroth
2011-12-28 2:34 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-12-28 16:17 ` Sven Strickroth
2011-12-28 18:56 ` Jakub Narebski
2012-01-03 10:17 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2012-01-03 10:25 ` Sven Strickroth
2012-01-03 12:03 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2012-01-03 12:06 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2012-01-03 13:18 ` Sven Strickroth
2012-01-03 19:42 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-01-03 22:51 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-01-03 23:27 ` Sven Strickroth
2012-01-04 0:10 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-01-04 7:55 ` Sven Strickroth
2012-01-04 8:31 ` Sven Strickroth
2012-01-04 13:34 ` Jeff King
2012-01-04 14:13 ` Sven Strickroth
2012-01-04 19:08 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-01-07 4:27 ` Sven Strickroth
2012-01-04 18:58 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-01-04 19:20 ` Sven Strickroth
2011-12-28 0:12 ` [PATCH 2/2] git-svn, perl/Git.pm: extend and use Git->prompt method for querying users Sven Strickroth
2011-12-28 2:41 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-12-28 10:41 ` Sven Strickroth
2011-12-28 21:00 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-12-28 21:38 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-12-28 21:47 ` Sven Strickroth
2011-12-28 22:29 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-12-30 4:40 ` Sven Strickroth
2011-12-30 13:54 ` Jeff King
2011-12-30 14:53 ` Sven Strickroth [this message]
2012-01-01 9:11 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-01-01 19:57 ` Sven Strickroth
2012-01-01 20:55 ` Sven Strickroth
2012-01-01 19:45 ` Sven Strickroth
2012-01-03 18:19 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-01-03 18:40 ` Jeff King
2012-02-12 16:02 ` Sven Strickroth
2012-02-12 16:11 ` Jakub Narebski
2012-02-12 16:26 ` Sven Strickroth
2012-02-14 22:20 ` Jeff King
2012-02-14 22:35 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-02-14 22:47 ` Jeff King
2012-01-03 23:24 ` Sven Strickroth
2012-01-04 0:12 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-10-06 15:18 ` Sven Strickroth
2012-10-06 18:28 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-11-11 16:40 ` [PATCH 0/2] second try Sven Strickroth
2012-11-24 19:07 ` Sven Strickroth
2012-11-26 4:50 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-12-17 15:54 ` Sven Strickroth
2012-12-17 20:08 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-12-18 0:28 ` [PATCH 1/3] git-svn, perl/Git.pm: add central method for prompting passwords Sven Strickroth
2012-12-18 0:28 ` [PATCH 2/3] perl/Git.pm: Honor SSH_ASKPASS as fallback if GIT_ASKPASS is not set Sven Strickroth
2012-12-18 0:57 ` Jeff King
2012-12-18 0:28 ` [PATCH 3/3] git-svn, perl/Git.pm: extend and use Git->prompt method for querying users Sven Strickroth
2012-11-11 16:40 ` [PATCH 1/2] git-svn, perl/Git.pm: add central method for prompting passwords honoring GIT_ASKPASS and SSH_ASKPASS Sven Strickroth
2012-11-11 16:41 ` [PATCH 2/2] git-svn, perl/Git.pm: extend and use Git->prompt method for querying users Sven Strickroth
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