From: M Hickford <mirth.hickford@gmail.com>
To: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Cc: Lessley Dennington <lessleydennington@gmail.com>,
Matthew John Cheetham <mjcheetham@outlook.com>,
"brian m. carlson" <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>,
M Hickford <mirth.hickford@gmail.com>,
git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: The enduring popularity of git-credential-store
Date: Mon, 29 May 2023 10:53:45 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAGJzqsmZSTDLLHO1B87c-GUW_7awgCv2Eci_OKVoWLaU8DP+Eg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Y3ac9ZuvpDJO3k9F@coredump.intra.peff.net>
On Thu, 17 Nov 2022 at 20:43, Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Nov 17, 2022 at 11:29:35AM -0800, Lessley Dennington wrote:
>
> > On 11/17/22 10:51 AM, Jeff King wrote:
> > > I do think having the docs say "you should go use X" means that X will
> > > have an advantage over other projects which may compete with it. So I
> > > think we need to be careful to be inclusive of what we'll mention, and
> > > to word it so that we're not endorsing any one project.
> > >
> > > -Peff
> >
> > Completely agree with this. I've long wished for a page on git-scm.com
> > that's dedicated to (1) explaining what a credential helper is and
> > (2) offering a list of suggested helpers along with scenarios for which
> > each is best-suited. This could also be a good place to call out the risks
> > of using helpers like git-credential-store in a factual, unbiased way.
>
> It's also a nice place because it's easier to keep up-to-date compared
> to say, a manpage.
>
> -Peff
Great idea Lessley! Here's a pull request
https://github.com/git/git-scm.com/pull/1786 to create such a page at
https://git-scm.com/doc/credential-helpers
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-05-29 9:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-11-08 10:50 The enduring popularity of git-credential-store M Hickford
2022-11-08 12:00 ` Michal Suchánek
2022-11-08 15:41 ` Jeff King
2022-11-08 21:03 ` Taylor Blau
2023-02-11 7:11 ` M Hickford
2022-11-08 22:52 ` brian m. carlson
2022-11-12 2:30 ` M Hickford
2022-11-17 17:17 ` Matthew John Cheetham
2022-11-17 18:51 ` Jeff King
2022-11-17 19:29 ` Lessley Dennington
2022-11-17 20:43 ` Jeff King
2023-05-29 9:53 ` M Hickford [this message]
2023-05-28 19:33 ` M Hickford
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