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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
To: Guilherme <guibufolo@gmail.com>
Cc: "git\@vger.kernel.org" <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Git clone sends first an empty authorization header
Date: Sat, 05 Mar 2016 09:47:52 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2r3fpgvk7.fsf@linux-m68k.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAMDzUty+O2Gu7o4bFib71AaNZn647WQ1v7ceiznHOs7-xwZGUg@mail.gmail.com> (Guilherme's message of "Sat, 5 Mar 2016 10:21:31 +0530")

Guilherme <guibufolo@gmail.com> writes:

> When doing basic authentication using git clone by passing the
> username and password in the url git clone will first send a GET
> request without the authorization header set.
>
> Am i seeing this right?

Yes, that is the correct way to implement HTTP authentication.  The
client won't know which authentication method to use until the server
tells it.

Andreas.

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      parent reply	other threads:[~2016-03-05  8:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-03-05  4:51 Git clone sends first an empty authorization header Guilherme
2016-03-05  5:50 ` Bryan Turner
2016-03-05  6:16   ` Guilherme
2016-03-05  8:47 ` Andreas Schwab [this message]

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