On Wed, 20 Feb 2013 19:44:51 -0500 Ted Zlatanov <[email protected]> wrote:
TZ> On Thu, 14 Feb 2013 10:17:46 +0100 Rémi Vanicat <[email protected]> wrote: RV> Julien Cubizolles <[email protected]> writes: >>> I'm a new (and happy) user of magit. I've tried to add login/password to >>> my .authinfo file to save typing it at each git operation but couldn't >>> figure out the right syntax. >>> Here is what I tried. >>> machine github.com protocol https login *mylogin* password >>> *mypassword* RV> We didn't yet wrote the code needed for magit to use standard Emacs RV> authentication, so there is nothing you can do, but wrote the code RV> yourself, or wait for some good man to do it. RV> I use ssh and ssh-agent for this, so I've to enter only once a RV> passphrase for all my git activities (on github and elsewhere) TZ> Hello Julien and Rémi, TZ> the Git credential helper protocol is good enough to handle this. On TZ> the git developer mailing list I have proposed a netrc credential helper TZ> that will look up login name and password from a .authinfo/.netrc file TZ> (using GPG if it has the .gpg suffix). It's OK mostly, except I still TZ> have to write tests for it, so I'd expect it to make it into an upcoming TZ> Git release, and it's in contrib/ so it can be pulled out for standalone TZ> use. Julien, if you're interested, you can look at the patch and test TZ> it out for yourself. TZ> Practically, the application of the netrc credential helper is that all TZ> the wrappings of Emacs' auth-source.el will not be needed. Git itself TZ> respects the GIT_CONFIG environment variable, so Magit could pass a TZ> special gitconfig file with the netrc credential helper specified, but I TZ> think it's better to make the user handle it and document it. Either TZ> way, Git will consult the netrc credential helper, which takes the TZ> problem off Magit's hands. I think that's the right approach with Git TZ> because it's an external tool. TZ> The best part of this solution is that the netrc credential helper is TZ> just one of many. The user could choose to use the GNOME Keyring, the TZ> Secrets API, or the Mac OS X keychain through the appropriate credential TZ> helper. Magit and Emacs don't have to care. The Git netrc credential helper is in Git's `next' branch so it can be expected to show up in the next release. Give it a try and let me know if it works for you, please. Ted -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "magit" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
