Re: [PATCH 2/2] git-svn, perl/Git.pm: extend and use Git->prompt method for querying users

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Sven Strickroth <sven.strickroth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

>> I suspect that we would need to enhance *_ASKPASS interface first, so that
>> we can ask things other than passwords. Until that happens, I do not think
>> we should apply the second patch to use *_ASKPASS for non-passwords.
>
> git-core also asks for username using *_ASKPASS, this is the reason why
> I implemented it this way. I noticed it when I tried to push to google
> code (using https).

I thought that was updated with Peff's series recently?

In any case, your username has a lot minor annoyance factor if we force
you to type in blind, but the second patch in your series ask things other
than that using the same mechanism, so it is not a good excuse for this
usability regression in git-svn, I would think.

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