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

On Fri, 01 Jul 2011 21:25:59 +0200 Rémi Vanicat [off-list ref] wrote: 

RV> Junio C Hamano [off-list ref] writes:

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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.

RV> I also believe that having the host name would be useful, both for human
RV> (another example would be git remote update when there are several
RV> remote) and script.  

Maybe (using %U for the URL, %h for the host, %u for the user name):

"User name for %h: " OR "User name for %h (%U): "

"Password for %u@%h: " OR "Password for %u@%h (%U): "

with some way to switch between the two styles?

Ted