Re: [PATCH] contrib: add a pair of credential helpers for Mac OS X's keychain

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On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 2:57 AM, John Szakmeister <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> I don't use GitHub for Mac... does that mean this is busted for me?
>>
>> No. It just means that the credential helper and GitHub for Mac store
>> their entry in a compatible fashion. (So that each can locate the
>> entry stored by the other.)
>
> Ah, interesting.  But it does mean that it won't pick up the password
> I've cached via my browser, right?

Correct. I can add code to also make it look for the password entry as
stored by Safari/Chrome. It's actually stored as a slightly different
entry type ("Web form password" vs "Internet password"), so it's not
just the hostname difference.

j.
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