On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 10:23:51AM -0500, Ted Zlatanov wrote: > Jeff, is there a way for git-credential to currently support > authinfo/netrc parsing? I assume that's the right way, instead of using > Michal's proposal to parse internally? > > I'd like to add that, plus support for the 'string' and "string" > formats, and authinfo.gpg decoding through GPG. I'd write it in Perl, > if there's a choice.
Yes, you could write a credential helper that understands netrc and friends; git talks to the helpers over a socket, so there is no problem with writing it in Perl. See Documentation/technical/api-credentials.txt for an overview, or the sample implementation in credential-store.c for a simple example. -Peff -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html