From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox•com>
To: "brian m. carlson" <sandals@crustytoothpaste•net>
Cc: git@vger•kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] http: allow authenticating proactively
Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2024 08:26:09 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqr0cdyvzi.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Zn9UGwMQ4Ur-peI6@tapette.crustytoothpaste.net> (brian m. carlson's message of "Sat, 29 Jun 2024 00:23:55 +0000")
"brian m. carlson" <sandals@crustytoothpaste•net> writes:
> On 2024-06-28 at 22:18:37, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> Well, at least I couldn't read the proposed document update and read
>> that much out of it, and I suspect there may be other readers who
>> will share my confusion. I think the source of the confusion is
>> that "don't request" does not automatically imply "allow the helper
>> to pick any scheme as it sees fit" if you do not know how helper is
>> designed to behave when it is not requested "any scheme".
>>
>> `basic` - Request Basic authentication from the helper.
>> `auto` - Ask the helper to pick an appropriate scheme.
>> `none` - Disable proactive authentication.
>>
>> or something, perhaps?
>
> That sounds good. I appreciate you providing some language that would
> be less confusing to you, because it will probably be less confusing to
> others as well.
Thanks.
Giving a possible alternative, when you are certain you understood
what you originally found confusing, is probably one of the things
we should add as a tip to ReviewingPatches document (do we have one
already--- #leftoverbits ?).
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-07-01 15:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-06-28 0:27 [PATCH 0/1] Proactive authentication over HTTP brian m. carlson
2024-06-28 0:27 ` [PATCH 1/1] http: allow authenticating proactively brian m. carlson
2024-06-28 18:16 ` Junio C Hamano
2024-06-28 22:00 ` brian m. carlson
2024-06-28 22:18 ` Junio C Hamano
2024-06-29 0:23 ` brian m. carlson
2024-07-01 15:26 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2024-07-04 0:17 ` [PATCH v2 0/1] Proactive authentication over HTTP brian m. carlson
2024-07-04 0:17 ` [PATCH v2 1/1] http: allow authenticating proactively brian m. carlson
2024-07-04 5:49 ` Junio C Hamano
2024-07-10 0:01 ` [PATCH v3 0/1] Proactive authentication over HTTP brian m. carlson
2024-07-10 0:01 ` [PATCH v3 1/1] http: allow authenticating proactively brian m. carlson
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