From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox•com>
To: ervion <ervion@cryptolab•net>
Cc: git@vger•kernel.org
Subject: Re: Https password present in git output
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2016 11:09:42 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqd1mh1kbd.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2908abd39c722c080ec37a987a79e32f@cryptolab.net> (ervion@cryptolab.net's message of "Wed, 13 Jul 2016 20:26:27 +0300")
ervion <ervion@cryptolab•net> writes:
> Sometimes using ssh is not possible and saving https password in plain
> text to disk may be desireable
> (in case of encrypted disk it would be equivalent security with
> caching password in memory).
>
> One possibility for this in git is to save remote in the
> https://username:password@domain.com/repo.git format.
Wasn't netrc support added exactly because users do not want to do
this?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-07-13 18:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-07-13 17:26 Https password present in git output ervion
2016-07-13 18:09 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2016-07-13 18:16 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-07-13 22:36 ` ervion
2016-07-13 23:36 ` Jeff King
2016-07-13 18:16 ` Dennis Kaarsemaker
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