From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.9 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_NONE shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5154A1F454 for ; Thu, 7 Nov 2019 13:52:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S2389459AbfKGNwl (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Nov 2019 08:52:41 -0500 Received: from mail-oi1-f175.google.com ([209.85.167.175]:42723 "EHLO mail-oi1-f175.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S2389453AbfKGNwk (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Nov 2019 08:52:40 -0500 Received: by mail-oi1-f175.google.com with SMTP id i185so1978256oif.9 for ; Thu, 07 Nov 2019 05:52:40 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=XMOoyuF67Xz1czmQmw4PuPeEA8j2YYLPo7sw7izTDso=; b=ITPj0g9iZkWZy7/Q6cmvYS/TWfYHyMFSmj/gauOo8XrWvokzQ6nP1FXkQ7JzlJK/MO f7mEp/kZRjC9xuvV1TFHvPebey6V/XLPYaA7K/Fev7VoiT3OMr3ipGnrSD5bCNvY6kJ/ 3ESM52Y3wFJCHpc08CQhTGWcrgYhS1ydjzAmiFX2LnH3YB+NZSUj+ACiniQzmLljq078 guFwclryeClC/r63WntZGGOlI2Ci+qMKApnQHgAXkJoJlixLLsv9YhhLbu3QNOUP+t8H bVnS8tNo7wtJzpuuQTuj2+BXN6fnyP+4BGJg4qeqAzeTW6TV6d73jQ/eiAQPJ/E7qYGI LRfw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=XMOoyuF67Xz1czmQmw4PuPeEA8j2YYLPo7sw7izTDso=; b=nh+uNwUxFRVynedcqN6V6Oncw6foKFAjRIgTuHDE2Q28PqzfzTh0SBBMSVCHORhfOn OeY5A7l60mier/rB/mLeDzDbYEPoWiBN0PsgS6Qjz1Tea5X+c/MyrSSqUf2J+5YmVg+f kqORBFHrxidJSl1t1V4Mu0/4vLpgAQW2nIoqdUhyp8QUUzLTk14ocfTeafNTATBD+eUI gPYJKxeCKMAv9aJOzXE/SddoOP20PEgXCBwOpES2VBryq4nJoAwlg4bTQ9Qx4xU0M3yH zm8QmWEkA9F7CYU/yXEEMXi+p9o9yDJpATD5SX0H7mKZUP55cVGagizAwwnxLEHU3YD+ E5bw== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAXXq1SUR1DCGIO7i9PsVEPUEMW5mla2XlKWar4u6g1/jyWsX6xj LwmQBU0KOZDvaSWzwWDc+twbqYrPu3PDl0IydHxeNEzo X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqzFNmNasMHYp+qNBTlyCQntZSEggye1bbi34GpkgQOYd92fn07iXgYF7t+owFU/yf0sUdCoSpEuaBMtvGeOIWw= X-Received: by 2002:aca:bac5:: with SMTP id k188mr3468149oif.29.1573134759529; Thu, 07 Nov 2019 05:52:39 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 From: =?UTF-8?Q?Benedek_R=C3=A1cz?= Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2019 14:52:28 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: [Improvement] Separate protocol and path in gitmodules To: git@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Hi All, **The issue** My problem is based on this post: https://stackoverflow.com/q/40841882/2506522 **Use-case:** Git can be used with SSH or with HTTP. The usage of SSH is easier, due to automatic authentication (ssh-key). But I have to use git from a public PC, where I mustn't store my ssh-keys. On that PC I want to use https's user/password authentication. **Suggestion** The root-cause of this issue is that the protocol (SSH or HTTP) and the path of the remote repository is stored together (in the .gitmodules file). If they were stored separately I would choose the protocol easily. Benedek