Hey All,
I have a set of bash and python scripts that all interact with a remote
git repository. While running the scripts, when ever a repo is cloned
using HTTP and a user/pass combination, that information is stored in
the .git/config file on disk including the password. I'm able to issue
the following commands in git to effectively enable the caching of
credentials in memory for a predefined amount of time off the linux shell:
git config credential.helper 'cache
git config credential.helper 'cache --timeout=300'
However, what is the best way to do so via Python? I've read through
the following to try and make sense of how I could do so:
https://gitpython.readthedocs.io/en/stable/reference.html?highlight=cache#git.index.fun.read_cache
https://pypi.org/project/git-credential-helpers/
But neither means appears to have or be able to do what I'm interested
in. I would like to prevent the user and password from being stored on
disk in any shape or form, including eliminating it from .gitconfig /
.git/config files. I keep trying to search in google for possible
solutions using "python git credential helper" and "git prevent storing
passwords in git config files" but google keeps returning results on
how to store passwords IN .git/config files, which is the exact opposite
of what I want. :)
An alternative to the above is to use ssh keys, however I would like to
know an alternate way that avoids using ssh keys. Wondering if folks
here did something similar using python and could provide a bit of
insight how I could go about doing so?
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Thx,
TK.
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