Re: [PATCH_v1] add 'git credential' plumbing command

[Jeff King <peff@peff.net>]

On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 08:34:55AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
> 
> > Perhaps it would be simpler to accept a URL on the command line, and
> > also provide a --stdin option for callers that want to feed it directly.
> > So:
> >
> >   git credential fill https://example.com/foo.git
> >
> > would be identical to:
> >
> >   git credential --stdin fill <<\EOF
> >   protocol=https
> >   host=example.com
> >   path=foo.git
> >   EOF
> 
> and "git credential fill https://peff@example.com/foo.git" would be
> identical to the latter one with user=peff already filled in?

Exactly. Though see my other response to Matthieu, which notes that:

  git credential fill https://peff:supersecret@example.com/foo.git

is problematic. :(

Probably it should be spelled:

  git credential fill <<\EOF
  url=https://peff:supersecret@example.com/foo.git
  EOF

and then:

  git credential fill <<\EOF
  url=https://peff:supersecret@example.com/foo.git
  username=junio
  password=othersecret

would do what you expect (break the URL out into its components, and
then override particular fields).

-Peff