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From: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
To: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Cc: arnaud.brejeon@gmail.com, git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] Add password parameter to git svn commands and use it when provided instead of defaulting to end-user prompt
Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2013 18:40:05 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20131014184005.GA3352@dcvr.yhbt.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20131014141127.GA21200@google.com>

Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> arnaud.brejeon@gmail.com wrote:
> 
> > Signed-off-by: Arnaud Brejeon <arnaud.brejeon <at> gmail.com>
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Can you say a little more about the context?  Do you run a script that
> wants to pass a password to 'git svn', do you type it each time on the
> command line, or something else?  Is it ok that the password would
> show up in "ps" output?  Would the platform's keyring or netrc be
> usable here, or is there something in the context that avoids that?

I think using keyring or netrc is more appropriate.  Having a password
on the command-line and visible to all via ps doesn't seem like
something git should support.

  reply	other threads:[~2013-10-14 18:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-10-12  9:23 [PATCH 1/2] Add password parameter to git svn commands and use it when provided instead of defaulting to end-user prompt arnaud.brejeon
2013-10-12  9:23 ` [PATCH 2/2] Add SVN trust-server-cert parameter to git svn to accept SSL server certificates from unknwon authorities without prompting arnaud.brejeon
2013-10-14 14:11 ` [PATCH 1/2] Add password parameter to git svn commands and use it when provided instead of defaulting to end-user prompt Jonathan Nieder
2013-10-14 18:40   ` Eric Wong [this message]
2013-10-14 22:36     ` Jeff King
2013-10-14 23:35       ` Eric Wong
2013-10-15 17:07         ` arnaud brejeon
2013-10-21 17:06         ` arnaud brejeon
2013-10-25  7:24           ` Jeff King

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