Re: Questions, improvements

[Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>]

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Hi,

On Tue, 19 Oct 2021, Jeff King wrote:

> On Tue, Oct 19, 2021 at 07:38:16PM +0200, BARDOT Jérôme wrote:
>
> > 2)
> >
> > I need a domain name / uri / ip base way to choose auth information.
> > i find some examples in past but not as smart as what i want. (Maybe i
> > miss something)
> >
> > 3)
> >
> > For auth client side can we use tools like Pass and or identity manager.
>
> I'm not entirely sure I understand your questions here, but I think
> you're looking for credential helpers? Try "git help credentials" for an
> overview.
>
> There are helpers which interact with common OS secure storage systems
> (like osxkeychain, libsecret, etc). But you can also write your own
> little scripts, and restrict them based on URLs.
>
> So for instance I use this config to pull a GitHub PAT out of the "pass"
> tool:
>
>   [credential "https://github.com"]
>   username = peff
>   helper = "!f() { test $1 = get && echo password=`pass github/token`; }; f"

A quite complete, cross-platform credential helper (included in Git for
Windows and enabled by default, but it also works on macOS and on Linux)
is Git Credential Manager:
https://github.com/microsoft/Git-Credential-Manager-Core/

It comes with backends for some major Git hosters and is pretty
hassle-free, once configured.

Ciao,
Johannes