Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Thu, May 06 2021, Emily Shaffer wrote: > >> It can be useful to tell who invoked Git - was it invoked manually by a >> user via CLI or script? By an IDE? Knowing where the Git invocation came >> from can help with debugging to isolate where the problem came from. > > Aside from the portability concerns others have raised, I don't really > see why you'd need this. > > We already have the nest-level as part of the SID, so isn't it > sufficient (and portable) at the top-level to log what isatty says + set > the initial SID "root" in the IDE (which presumably knows about git). > > Wouldn't this log passwords in cases of e.g.: > > some-script --git-password secret # invokes "git" Both valid and excellent points, I would think.