Fwd: Can't override username of default credential context to have different username in custom context.

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Fwd: Can't override username of default credential context to have different username in custom context.

From: Vladislav Kostenko <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 23:04:33

Hi,

Here is my scenario:

1. First I set default username
git config --global credential.username myUsername

2. Then I want to have different username for my other repository
git config --global
credential.https://myOtherRepository.visualstudio.com.username
myOtherUsername

3. When I try to pull new changes, git asks for password of myUsername
Password for 'https://myUsername@myOtherRepository.visualstudio.com':

But I want to have:
Password for 'https://myOtherUsername@myOtherRepository.visualstudio.com':

Is there any way to accomplish overriding?

PS: I've found that if I change steps 1 and 2 I will get what I want.
But this is not a solution as it require to unset and set
credential.username after I add a new credential context. So the
ordering does matter and it looks for me like it shouldn't.

-- 
Best regards, Vlad.

Re: Fwd: Can't override username of default credential context to have different username in custom context.

From: Jeff King <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 23:04:33

On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 09:19:31PM +0500, Vladislav Kostenko wrote:
Here is my scenario:

1. First I set default username
git config --global credential.username myUsername

2. Then I want to have different username for my other repository
git config --global
credential.https://myOtherRepository.visualstudio.com.username
myOtherUsername

3. When I try to pull new changes, git asks for password of myUsername
Password for 'https://myUsername@myOtherRepository.visualstudio.com':

But I want to have:
Password for 'https://myOtherUsername@myOtherRepository.visualstudio.com':

Is there any way to accomplish overriding?
Only by changing the ordering in the config file, as you noticed.

The other http.* options will choose the most-specific match, but the
credential code predates that, and blindly goes in config order. Kyle
(cc'd) added the urlmatch support for http.*, and might be able to say
whether it could be adapted for the credential code. If so, then I think
it would need somebody to volunteer to work on it.

That would technically be a backwards-incompatible change to switch the
lookup order at this point in time, but I'm somewhat of the opinion that
in any case it matters, the new behavior would be a strict improvement.

-Peff

Re: Fwd: Can't override username of default credential context to have different username in custom context.

From: Jeff King <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 23:04:33

[+cc Kyle, who I forgot on the initial send. Oops!]

On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 01:25:02AM -0400, Jeff King wrote:
On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 09:19:31PM +0500, Vladislav Kostenko wrote:
quoted
Here is my scenario:

1. First I set default username
git config --global credential.username myUsername

2. Then I want to have different username for my other repository
git config --global
credential.https://myOtherRepository.visualstudio.com.username
myOtherUsername

3. When I try to pull new changes, git asks for password of myUsername
Password for 'https://myUsername@myOtherRepository.visualstudio.com':

But I want to have:
Password for 'https://myOtherUsername@myOtherRepository.visualstudio.com':

Is there any way to accomplish overriding?
Only by changing the ordering in the config file, as you noticed.

The other http.* options will choose the most-specific match, but the
credential code predates that, and blindly goes in config order. Kyle
(cc'd) added the urlmatch support for http.*, and might be able to say
whether it could be adapted for the credential code. If so, then I think
it would need somebody to volunteer to work on it.

That would technically be a backwards-incompatible change to switch the
lookup order at this point in time, but I'm somewhat of the opinion that
in any case it matters, the new behavior would be a strict improvement.

-Peff
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