Am 30.12.2011 14:54 schrieb Jeff King: >>> I thought that was updated with Peff's series recently? >> >> So, was this changed? git-core doesn't ask for a username using >> *_ASKPASS helpers anymore? > > No, it will. It's only that we will echo characters when using the > terminal prompt. In theory we could have an ASKPASS-style interface that > would would echo characters, but there's no such interface in common > use (i.e., we would have to invent it). I also updated the _ASKPASS helper of TortoiseGit so that it only shows asterisks if "pass" is not contained in the prompt. > For credentials, it would be nice to be able to create a multi-field > dialog, like: > > Username: <text input> > Password: <text input> > Remember password? [checkbox] > > I was planning to do something custom for credentials as an extension to > the credential helper protocol, but this could also fall under the > heading of a general prompt helper. This might be problematic, because (for git-svn) username and password are not requested together. -- Best regards, Sven Strickroth ClamAV, a GPL anti-virus toolkit http://www.clamav.net PGP key id F5A9D4C4 @ any key-server -- 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