Indeed, thats correct, i should have tried a newer version really before
i posted cause i do pull the main git repo and it would have been
relatively easy.
Newer version did indeed fix the problem.
It hadnt occured to me that git-http-backend behaves differently to the
"dumb" http protocol on read (though that was from reading the git
source so i obviously missed what was going on there). Ultimately im
writing a little webapp that wraps around git-http-backend for some git
repository management and on reads i've been just "acting like
webserver" but on writes i throw off to git-http-backend. But seeing it
do authenticated reads properly via git-http-backend im going to change
how it functions, cause that does work with older clients.
Thanks!
On 22/09/12 15:09, Jeff King wrote:
On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 09:37:38AM +1000, Paul J R wrote:
Im not sure if this is a bug, or just "as implemented". But when
cloning from a repo sitting on a web site that uses basic auth, the
git client appears to forget its authentication info and ignores the
401's the server is sending back. It appears to initially login and
get refs and HEAD ok, but after that it never authenticates again.
Using a .netrc file this will work (or a url of the form
http://user:pass@host though http://user@host wont), but i'm curious
if theres a way of doing this without having to expose the password
in some way?
Im using git 1.7.9.5 and when i clone i get the following:
[...]
From your logs, it looks like you are using the "dumb" http protocol
(wherein the server does not have to understand git at all). In this
protocol, we end up making multiple simultaneous requests for objects
with different curl handles. We had a bug where not all handles are told
about the credential (but it doesn't always happen; it depends on the
exact pattern of requests).
This was fixed by dfa1725 (fix http auth with multiple curl handles,
2012-04-10), which is in git v1.7.10.2 and higher.
Can you try upgrading to see if that fixes your problem?
-Peff
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