On Thu, Apr 30, 2020 at 11:20:52PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> > # or you can specify your own shell snippet
> > -!f() { echo "password=`cat $HOME/.secret`"; }; f
> > +[credential]
> > +helper = "!f() { echo \"password=`cat $HOME/.secret`\"; }; f"
>
> But I do not think the "tentative shell function" trick is
> necessary. I personally think it is oversold ;-) For this
> particular one,
>
> [credential]
> helper = !echo \"password=`cat $HOME/.secret`\"
>
> should be sufficient, perhaps? You do not even need to understand
> how shell functions work to understand it.
That will print:
password=your-password get
See the patches I just sent for a better example. :)
> Also, "git config" indents the "var = value" lines, so it would look
> more natural if we indented our examples in a similar way.
We do earlier, too.
I can re-indent the patches I just set, but I'll hold off on sending in
case you have any other comment.
-Peff
