Hello again, Bridger. On Thu, Jun 05, 2025 at 21:01:46 +0000, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > 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! Using ssh-agent, I was able to clone the said repository with lots of subrepos with just entering my passphrase once. Thanks! Question: why is there no -S flag available on hg clone? That would have saved me a lot of learning new things. ;-) > > Best, > > Bridger -- Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany). _______________________________________________ Mercurial mailing list Mercurial@lists.mercurial-scm.org https://lists.mercurial-scm.org/mailman/listinfo/mercurial
