On Sat, Apr 07, 2012 at 12:56:12AM -0400, Jeff King wrote:
> > So if I use the cache helper, and its set to expire at the default of
> > 15 minutes, I have to type my password in every 15 minutes, even if I
> > am doing a Git operation roughly every 8 minutes during a work day?
>
> Yes. It's less convenient, but safer and more predictable (you put your
> password in at 2:30, it's gone at 2:45). Keep in mind that you can also
> bump the cache time. And like I said, if we do want have it behave the
> other way, that's OK, but it should be explicit (and it can be optional,
> even if it defaults to auto-refresh on use).
And here's what the optional version looks like:
diff --git a/credential-cache--daemon.c b/credential-cache--daemon.c
index 390f194..1f801f7 100644
--- a/credential-cache--daemon.c
+++ b/credential-cache--daemon.c
@@ -136,6 +136,9 @@ static void serve_one_client(FILE *in, FILE *out)
else if (!strcmp(action.buf, "get")) {
struct credential_cache_entry *e = lookup_credential(&c);
if (e) {
+ int new_expiration = time(NULL) + timeout;
+ if (new_expiration > e->expiration)
+ e->expiration = new_expiration;
fprintf(out, "username=%s\n", e->item.username);
fprintf(out, "password=%s\n", e->item.password);
}
diff --git a/credential-cache.c b/credential-cache.c
index 9a03792..5751b48 100644
--- a/credential-cache.c
+++ b/credential-cache.c
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv)
{
char *socket_path = NULL;
int timeout = 900;
+ int refresh = 0;
const char *op;
const char * const usage[] = {
"git credential-cache [options] <action>",
@@ -97,6 +98,8 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv)
"number of seconds to cache credentials"),
OPT_STRING(0, "socket", &socket_path, "path",
"path of cache-daemon socket"),
+ OPT_BOOL(0, "refresh-on-use", &refresh,
+ "refresh timestamp when credential is accessed"),
OPT_END()
};
@@ -112,7 +115,9 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv)
if (!strcmp(op, "exit"))
do_cache(socket_path, op, timeout, 0);
- else if (!strcmp(op, "get") || !strcmp(op, "erase"))
+ else if (!strcmp(op, "get"))
+ do_cache(socket_path, op, refresh ? timeout : 0, FLAG_RELAY);
+ else if(!strcmp(op, "erase"))
do_cache(socket_path, op, timeout, FLAG_RELAY);
else if (!strcmp(op, "store"))
do_cache(socket_path, op, timeout, FLAG_RELAY|FLAG_SPAWN);
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