From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.1 (2015-04-28) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.7 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_INVALID, DKIM_SIGNED,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.1 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6FB561F453 for ; Tue, 23 Oct 2018 00:32:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727030AbeJWIxY (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Oct 2018 04:53:24 -0400 Received: from mail-wm1-f67.google.com ([209.85.128.67]:34466 "EHLO mail-wm1-f67.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726286AbeJWIxY (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Oct 2018 04:53:24 -0400 Received: by mail-wm1-f67.google.com with SMTP id z25-v6so10366387wmf.1 for ; Mon, 22 Oct 2018 17:32:32 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=sender:from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id :user-agent:mime-version; bh=/VjQuShwDUqAC9c9DnqO+Nk98Z5EcUqN22phzGGZo8U=; b=piDNkFU7w1pusBNsn5EqIzYFAJvF4yH0c4+JykOA8csn4Lr6ajUaFoDzdrloxSg+XZ asfT87cHrN6hAv8/qBe/IT1DEbOzG1uBX/Kv7d40HjV4Zl2hMAs13U8nVU9zihTwM2vT qnFR4N0SPEXc1alKhVz54bOH4Rkg4RRjIL9s1hvF11JAvNcLDp5QtURiqLpNpYziVl4Q 8BkBwmmD0aj+iIyREwF+uVMG0NMc88OIiNuDtmMld/KOZotDaUx+vIBV7Ra5gKCJjRBs UJk6cTs1Uwwj2i5fs92U+JKPStyliFxxSmVrI7dQ2vzNxEVNli9xNI9bZ0QsD01lCbOh hiMQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:sender:from:to:cc:subject:references:date :in-reply-to:message-id:user-agent:mime-version; bh=/VjQuShwDUqAC9c9DnqO+Nk98Z5EcUqN22phzGGZo8U=; b=AsleCAZptpyPJhS3FAN56gR8Nyys6erYskV+H23aibf1vv7I/9ERksRHyJc/7CVknU LUMdu8BNRA45ZrNru3/mY2H8szAQSXNhuHDYuLJBib+gepgiBPZTm0EaaHHxfGjaDNEZ wvjEZE0qVUAXIycgoaTXBk9QYwRP/7n1vdjbb0su7kci+RBggIuF9PMjRbW9VCz7Au/q Vav0ZWn3pqlDdIctmhpScsjQewK69f+gcnF1rl8Zs8Fz5gMhwNHUgsml7bvAfC0bMQ20 of0Q5rMecsWB7Sut9CtxWp4ktpZvm8ZF5tn1nBPVuGlhBB61FdAeOyo3NvUS0f3BCaW5 3JYg== X-Gm-Message-State: AGRZ1gKiDdppBaxpzUQ0zGCzyS/YQ+0H3J5RyVj1PDzkxVahQmrLMkme QSzgg5HujkPVIX7iLPV1qZs= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ACcGV61Xu8q87aGdYF66Ktj18AFsLVZmNxpA6HX47V7TZivJ5s546qwVtGSt0GZPPzv94P/nuvD4Ig== X-Received: by 2002:a1c:3c4:: with SMTP id 187-v6mr17566906wmd.90.1540254751828; Mon, 22 Oct 2018 17:32:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (168.50.187.35.bc.googleusercontent.com. [35.187.50.168]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id z4-v6sm1810763wrh.33.2018.10.22.17.32.30 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Mon, 22 Oct 2018 17:32:30 -0700 (PDT) From: Junio C Hamano To: Joshua Watt Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Eric Sunshine Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] send-email: explicitly disable authentication References: <20181018211527.25597-1-JPEWhacker@gmail.com> <20181022175248.3940-1-JPEWhacker@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2018 09:32:30 +0900 In-Reply-To: <20181022175248.3940-1-JPEWhacker@gmail.com> (Joshua Watt's message of "Mon, 22 Oct 2018 12:52:48 -0500") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Joshua Watt writes: > It can be necessary to disable SMTP authentication by a mechanism other > than sendemail.smtpuser being undefined. For example, if the user has > sendemail.smtpuser set globally but wants to disable authentication > locally in one repository. I wonder if it would be more productive to introduce a mechanism that can be used to address that use case more directly. For example, would it help to teach "git send-email" that sendemail.smtpuser set to a particular value (say '!', or empty string if you prefer) is equivalent to the variable unset at all?