Re: [BUG/RFC git-gui] password for push/pull in case of git+ssh://repo

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On Thu, Dec 06, 2007 at 03:31:57PM +0100, Ivo Alxneit wrote:

> when i use git-gui (0.9.0) to push/pull to/from a git+ssh://repo i have
> to supply my password to ssh. i get the password prompt from ssh on the
> controlling shell. as i often use several shells and git-gui might run
> in the background it is rather bothering to find the correct shell where
> ssh expects the password. could this be changed (in a safe way) in
> git-gui e.g. like pinentry pops up a window when gpg is used to sign
> emails?

IIRC, ssh will run the 'ssh-askpass' program if DISPLAY is set and there
is no tty available, so git-gui should be able to set that up (or you
probably can yourself by simply backgrounding git-gui and closing the
terminal).

-Peff
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