Re: do without .netrc

Miklos Vajna wrote:

On Wed, Aug 06, 2008 at 01:00:54AM +0200, Jürgen Mangler [off-list ref] wrote:

quoted

it is working without a:b@ part, but ~/.netrc instead

:-(, is it possible without .netrc

I thought questions have question marks. ;-)

Explanation 1: I wrote it to IRC and then thought maybe crossposting to 
the list would be no bad idea. On IRC i was not using question marks, 
mail was just copying the lines, forgot to add question marks.

Explanation 2: its not questions but accusations! *fg*

Anyway, what is the advantage of not using a ~/.netrc?

It's mentioned on several occations that it is not necessary (e.g. 
http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/howto/setup-git-server-over-http.txt)

The advantages for me would be:

a) I have multiple different passwords on the same server for different 
directories, it's not possible to put this to a netrc (AS FAR AS I 
KNOW). So i have to edit the netrc for every push, clone, ... -> very 
inconvenient
b) secondly (maybe not a super valid argument for you): netrc is not 
considered to be the most secure thing, isn't it? Our network is invaded 
every year "tested" by thousands of computer science students, so i 
always try to have as few plain-text passwords as possible lying around 
(one never knows - yes netrc has 0600).

i'd also prefer not to use the user:pass@server schema, but to be asked, 
to not show pass in the history and config file in .git although even 
user:pass@server would be an advantage because it solves a).

Jürgen