Re: [Wishlist] could git tell which password it is asking when asking a password.

Shawn Pearce [off-list ref] writes:

On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 10:16, Junio C Hamano [off-list ref] wrote:

quoted

Junio C Hamano [off-list ref] writes:

diff --git a/http.c b/http.c
index b2ae8de..44948a7 100644
--- a/http.c
+++ b/http.c

@@ -209,8 +209,11 @@ static void init_curl_http_auth(CURL *result)

 {
       if (user_name) {
               struct strbuf up = STRBUF_INIT;
-               if (!user_pass)
-                       user_pass = xstrdup(git_getpass("Password: "));
+               if (!user_pass) {
+                       strbuf_addf(&up, "Password for %s: ", user_name);

The user_name by itself may not be sufficient. I may also need the URL
to correctly answer the question. I don't always use the same password
on every website. :-)

As a human sure, I know what URL I asked Git to poke for me.

I was wondering about that when I gave that quick patch.  And "as a human"
may not necessarily apply when you are letting submodule fetch to recurse.