Re: [PATCHv6] Add contrib/credentials/netrc with GPG support

[Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>]

Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com> writes:

> Add Git credential helper that can parse netrc/authinfo files.

I think this line is redundant; we already know it on the Subject: line.

> This credential helper supports multiple files, returning the first one
> that matches.  It checks file permissions and owner.  For *.gpg files,
> it will run GPG to decrypt the file.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com>
> ---
> ...
> diff --git a/contrib/credential/netrc/Makefile b/contrib/credential/netrc/Makefile
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..18a924f
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/contrib/credential/netrc/Makefile
> @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
> +test_netrc:
> +	@(echo "bad data" | ./git-credential-netrc -f A -d -v) || echo "Bad invocation test, ignoring failure"
> +	@echo "=> Silent invocation... nothing should show up here with a missing file"
> +	@echo "bad data" | ./git-credential-netrc -f A get
> +	@echo "=> Back to noisy: -v and -d used below, missing file"
> +	echo "bad data" | ./git-credential-netrc -f A -d -v get
> +	@echo "=> Look for any entry in the default file set"
> +	echo "" | ./git-credential-netrc -d -v get
> +	@echo "=> Look for github.com in the default file set"
> +	echo "host=google.com" | ./git-credential-netrc -d -v get
> +	@echo "=> Look for a nonexistent machine in the default file set"
> +	echo "host=korovamilkbar" | ./git-credential-netrc -d -v get

Whose netrc is this reading?

Don't we want all of them to have "-f A" and ship "A" (rename it to
something more reasonable), so that anybody can notice when he tries
to improve it and breaks it?