Yes, I fully agree that in such cases "pass edit" is more appropriate.
But, to just share my experience, I noticed that multiline pass entries are not very convenient for fast using. I prefer to split such multiline entries to several pass entries like this (just an example): $ pass insert my_personal_web_mail_in_gmail/login $ pass insert my_personal_web_mail_in_gmail/password $ pass insert my_personal_web_mail_in_gmail/url In combination with dmenu + pinentry-dmenu + hotkeys I can get needed info from password-store very fast. All of this is a matter of taste of course. On Thu Aug 13 16:47:56 2026, Rene Kita wrote: > On Thu, Aug 13, 2026 at 09:47:02AM +0300, Maksim Rodin wrote: > > Why not just use "pass insert your_old_pass_id" > > instead of "pass edit your_old_pass_id"? > > > > It just warns the user that this password entry already exists and > > asks if the user wants to overwrite it. The user hits "y" and > > the old password gets successfully overwritten with the new one, with no > > /dev/shm complaints. > > Because people like me want to add other information to password > entries, like user name, email address, "security" questions, etc. > -- Best regards Maksim Rodin С уважением, Родин Максим
