Re: [PATCH] Fix problem with authentification on http repository.

On Wed, Jul 09, 2008 at 01:18:22AM -0700, Junio C Hamano [off-list ref] wrote:

Mike Hommey [off-list ref] writes:

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On Tue, Jul 08, 2008 at 11:28:15PM -0700, Junio C Hamano [off-list ref] wrote:
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Actually Documentation/howto/setup-git-server-over-http.txt
talks about http://user@server/path/ format.  How well does this
work in practice?  If it does, we should update Documentation/urls.txt
to allow optional user@ there like...

AFAIK, there is nothing to deal with asking a password to the user in git
in this case, so that doesn't work.

Then perhaps the howto needs updating?

Actually, the howto tells to setup a ~/.netrc file, which should make
the http://user@server/path/ format work. I don't know if dropping user@
would still work, that depends how libcurl works with it.

Ok, so the documentation update I suggested earlier may actually be
valid, right?

The problem is that these urls won't work out of the box if the user
doesn't setup a .netrc file. I'd say it would be better not to add these
forms in Documentation/urls.txt until git prompts for the password
when it is missing.

Note that http://user:pass@server/path/ /should/ work (but that would
need validation), though not a good idea on command line.

Mike