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List:       git
Subject:    Re: What's cooking in git.git (Jul 2009, #01; Mon, 06)
From:       Marcus Camen <mcamen () mcamen ! de>
Date:       2009-07-06 20:29:11
Message-ID: 200907062229.11763.mcamen () mcamen ! de
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On Montag 06 Juli 2009, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> * ml/http (Wed May 27 23:16:03 2009 -0400) 2 commits
>  - http.c: add http.sslCertPasswordProtected option
>  - http.c: prompt for SSL client certificate password
>
> I've rewritten these two to (1) move the #ifdef out of the main
> codepath, and (2) use configuration/environment to make the misfeature
> of always asking for a passphrase even a key/cert is unencrypted
> optional.  I tried to be careful but extra sets of eyeballs would be
> nice to check the result.
>
> Nobody seems to be jumping up-and-down asking for this or helping to
> push this forward.  Perhaps it's time to drop it?

/me jumping up-and-down

This fix is crucial for corporate environments where HTTPS is the only way 
to access GIT repositories outside the firewall.

I verified the patch and everything works as expected.


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Marcus
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