On Fri, Sep 09, 2011 at 10:06:08AM +0200, Michael J Gruber wrote: > > So I think the wheels have been turning on this for quite a while from > > GitHub's perspective. > > Thanks for clarifying. While it should make no difference for the > acceptance of patches, it's great to see GitHub invest into scratching > their Git itches, and thus contribute back. That's how open source works > as a business model :) Yes. I don't often enough mention how awesome GitHub is for funding me and giving me a free hand to improve git. They're doing everything right. So let me mention it here one more time. :) > > In the meantime, the best thing we can do to push it forward is to write > > helpers. I implemented some basic ones that should work anywhere, but > > aren't as nice as integration with existing keychains. Some people are > > working on Linux ones. The single best thing GitHub can do to push this > > forward right now is to provide a well-written OS X Keychain helper, and > > to provide feedback on whether git's end of the API is good enough. > > ... and one for Git on Windows? It seems we're lacking both Win and OS X > developers here. I mentioned OS X because of Kyle's mention of the GitHub for Mac client. But yes, I do think in the long term we want something similar on Windows. GitHub recently hired a developer with some Windows experience; I'll try to see if he's interested in writing a credential helper. -Peff -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html