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author | Jeff King <peff@peff.net> | 2014-12-03 22:46:48 -0500 |
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committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2014-12-04 10:11:12 -0800 |
commit | 59b386526a6cdd0289cdf35dd8038ae1bdfd630f (patch) | |
tree | 75207446ba795af1d774a889f3b62487ccec224c /Documentation/RelNotes | |
parent | Merge branch 'nd/gitignore-trailing-whitespace' into maint (diff) | |
download | tgif-59b386526a6cdd0289cdf35dd8038ae1bdfd630f.tar.xz |
credential: let helpers tell us to quit
When we are trying to fill a credential, we loop over the
set of defined credential-helpers, then fall back to running
askpass, and then finally prompt on the terminal. Helpers
which cannot find a credential are free to tell us nothing,
but they cannot currently ask us to stop prompting.
This patch lets them provide a "quit" attribute, which asks
us to stop the process entirely (avoiding running more
helpers, as well as the askpass/terminal prompt).
This has a few possible uses:
1. A helper which prompts the user itself (e.g., in a
dialog) can provide a "cancel" button to the user to
stop further prompts.
2. Some helpers may know that prompting cannot possibly
work. For example, if their role is to broker a ticket
from an external auth system and that auth system
cannot be contacted, there is no point in continuing
(we need a ticket to authenticate, and the user cannot
provide one by typing it in).
Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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