Hello, Bridger. On Thu, Jun 05, 2025 at 20:44:44 +0000, Bridger Dyson-Smith wrote: > Hi Alan - > On Thu, Jun 5, 2025 at 7:28â¯PM Alan Mackenzie <[1]a...@muc.de> wrote:
> Hello, Mercurial. > I'm using Mercurial 6.8.2. > I'm trying to clone a repository with lots of subrepositories. The > command I tried was: >   $ hg clone > ssh://[2]h...@foss.heptapod.net/xemacs/xemacs-packages xemacs-packages > .. This started working, but it prompted me for my ssh passphrase > for > EVERY damned subrepo in the repository. There are over 130 of > these, and > it is impractical to spend many hours typing in my passphrase 130 > times, > so I aborted the cloning. > I tried adding the option -S (for "subrepo") to the above command, > but > the clone command doesn't accept it. > How can I clone this repository such that I only need to enter my > passphrase once, or at a maximum a few times? > Are you using `ssh-agent` to cache your identity? That should store > your credentials and keep you from needing to constantly re-enter your > passphrase. I didn't know about ssh-agent and, looking at its man page, it seems to be just what I need. > Hopefully that's helpful. Yes, I think it's very helpful! > Best, > Bridger > -- > Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany). > _______________________________________________ > Mercurial mailing list > [3]Mercurial@lists.mercurial-scm.org > [4]https://lists.mercurial-scm.org/mailman/listinfo/mercurial -- Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany). _______________________________________________ Mercurial mailing list Mercurial@lists.mercurial-scm.org https://lists.mercurial-scm.org/mailman/listinfo/mercurial
