Subject: [PATCH v2 1/4] http: extract http_reauth_prepare() from retry paths

From: "Matthew John Cheetham via GitGitGadget" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2026 10:54:29 +0000

From: Matthew John Cheetham <[email-masked]>

All three HTTP retry paths (http_request_recoverable, post_rpc,
probe_rpc) call credential_fill() directly when handling
HTTP_REAUTH. Extract this into a helper function so that a
subsequent commit can add pre-fill logic (such as attempting
empty-auth before prompting) in one place.

No functional change.

Signed-off-by: Matthew John Cheetham <[email-masked]>
---
 http.c        | 7 ++++++-
 http.h        | 6 ++++++
 remote-curl.c | 4 ++--
 3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/http.c b/http.c
index d8d016891b..f208e0ad82 100644
--- a/http.c
+++ b/http.c
@@ -665,6 +665,11 @@ static void init_curl_http_auth(CURL *result)
 	}
 }
 
+void http_reauth_prepare(int all_capabilities)
+{
+	credential_fill(the_repository, &http_auth, all_capabilities);
+}
+
 /* *var must be free-able */
 static void var_override(char **var, char *value)
 {
@@ -2398,7 +2403,7 @@ static int http_request_recoverable(const char *url,
 				sleep(retry_delay);
 			}
 		} else if (ret == HTTP_REAUTH) {
-			credential_fill(the_repository, &http_auth, 1);
+			http_reauth_prepare(1);
 		}
 
 		ret = http_request(url, result, target, options);
diff --git a/http.h b/http.h
index f9ee888c3e..729c51904d 100644
--- a/http.h
+++ b/http.h
@@ -76,6 +76,12 @@ extern int http_is_verbose;
 extern ssize_t http_post_buffer;
 extern struct credential http_auth;
 
+/**
+ * Prepare for an HTTP re-authentication retry. This fills credentials
+ * via credential_fill() so the next request can include them.
+ */
+void http_reauth_prepare(int all_capabilities);
+
 extern char curl_errorstr[CURL_ERROR_SIZE];
 
 enum http_follow_config {
diff --git a/remote-curl.c b/remote-curl.c
index aba60d5712..affdb880f7 100644
--- a/remote-curl.c
+++ b/remote-curl.c
@@ -946,7 +946,7 @@ static int post_rpc(struct rpc_state *rpc, int stateless_connect, int flush_rece
 		do {
 			err = probe_rpc(rpc, &results);
 			if (err == HTTP_REAUTH)
-				credential_fill(the_repository, &http_auth, 0);
+				http_reauth_prepare(0);
 		} while (err == HTTP_REAUTH);
 		if (err != HTTP_OK)
 			return -1;
@@ -1068,7 +1068,7 @@ retry:
 	rpc->any_written = 0;
 	err = run_slot(slot, NULL);
 	if (err == HTTP_REAUTH && !large_request) {
-		credential_fill(the_repository, &http_auth, 0);
+		http_reauth_prepare(0);
 		curl_slist_free_all(headers);
 		goto retry;
 	}
-- 
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