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Expose the credential API to scripted Porcelain writers. * mm/credential-plumbing: git-remote-mediawiki: update comments to reflect credential support git-remote-mediawiki: add credential support git credential fill: output the whole 'struct credential' add 'git credential' plumbing commandmaint

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git-credential(1) |
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================= |
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NAME |
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git-credential - retrieve and store user credentials |
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SYNOPSIS |
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git credential <fill|approve|reject> |
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DESCRIPTION |
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Git has an internal interface for storing and retrieving credentials |
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from system-specific helpers, as well as prompting the user for |
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usernames and passwords. The git-credential command exposes this |
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interface to scripts which may want to retrieve, store, or prompt for |
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credentials in the same manner as git. The design of this scriptable |
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interface models the internal C API; see |
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link:technical/api-credentials.txt[the git credential API] for more |
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background on the concepts. |
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git-credential takes an "action" option on the command-line (one of |
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`fill`, `approve`, or `reject`) and reads a credential description |
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on stdin (see <<IOFMT,INPUT/OUTPUT FORMAT>>). |
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If the action is `fill`, git-credential will attempt to add "username" |
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and "password" attributes to the description by reading config files, |
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by contacting any configured credential helpers, or by prompting the |
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user. The username and password attributes of the credential |
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description are then printed to stdout together with the attributes |
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already provided. |
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If the action is `approve`, git-credential will send the description |
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to any configured credential helpers, which may store the credential |
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for later use. |
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If the action is `reject`, git-credential will send the description to |
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any configured credential helpers, which may erase any stored |
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credential matching the description. |
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If the action is `approve` or `reject`, no output should be emitted. |
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TYPICAL USE OF GIT CREDENTIAL |
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----------------------------- |
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An application using git-credential will typically use `git |
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credential` following these steps: |
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1. Generate a credential description based on the context. |
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For example, if we want a password for |
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`https://example.com/foo.git`, we might generate the following |
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credential description (don't forget the blank line at the end; it |
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tells `git credential` that the application finished feeding all the |
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infomation it has): |
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protocol=https |
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host=example.com |
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path=foo.git |
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2. Ask git-credential to give us a username and password for this |
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description. This is done by running `git credential fill`, |
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feeding the description from step (1) to its standard input. The complete |
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credential description (including the credential per se, i.e. the |
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login and password) will be produced on standard output, like: |
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protocol=https |
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host=example.com |
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username=bob |
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password=secr3t |
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In most cases, this means the attributes given in the input will be |
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repeated in the output, but git may also modify the credential |
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description, for example by removing the `path` attribute when the |
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protocol is HTTP(s) and `credential.useHttpPath` is false. |
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If the `git credential` knew about the password, this step may |
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not have involved the user actually typing this password (the |
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user may have typed a password to unlock the keychain instead, |
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or no user interaction was done if the keychain was already |
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unlocked) before it returned `password=secr3t`. |
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3. Use the credential (e.g., access the URL with the username and |
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password from step (2)), and see if it's accepted. |
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4. Report on the success or failure of the password. If the |
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credential allowed the operation to complete successfully, then |
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it can be marked with an "approve" action to tell `git |
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credential` to reuse it in its next invocation. If the credential |
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was rejected during the operation, use the "reject" action so |
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that `git credential` will ask for a new password in its next |
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invocation. In either case, `git credential` should be fed with |
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the credential description obtained from step (2) (which also |
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contain the ones provided in step (1)). |
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[[IOFMT]] |
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INPUT/OUTPUT FORMAT |
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`git credential` reads and/or writes (depending on the action used) |
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credential information in its standard input/output. These information |
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can correspond either to keys for which `git credential` will obtain |
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the login/password information (e.g. host, protocol, path), or to the |
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actual credential data to be obtained (login/password). |
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The credential is split into a set of named attributes. |
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Attributes are provided to the helper, one per line. Each attribute is |
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specified by a key-value pair, separated by an `=` (equals) sign, |
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followed by a newline. The key may contain any bytes except `=`, |
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newline, or NUL. The value may contain any bytes except newline or NUL. |
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In both cases, all bytes are treated as-is (i.e., there is no quoting, |
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and one cannot transmit a value with newline or NUL in it). The list of |
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attributes is terminated by a blank line or end-of-file. |
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Git will send the following attributes (but may not send all of |
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them for a given credential; for example, a `host` attribute makes no |
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sense when dealing with a non-network protocol): |
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`protocol`:: |
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The protocol over which the credential will be used (e.g., |
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`https`). |
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`host`:: |
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The remote hostname for a network credential. |
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`path`:: |
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The path with which the credential will be used. E.g., for |
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accessing a remote https repository, this will be the |
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repository's path on the server. |
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`username`:: |
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The credential's username, if we already have one (e.g., from a |
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URL, from the user, or from a previously run helper). |
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`password`:: |
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The credential's password, if we are asking it to be stored. |
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#include "git-compat-util.h" |
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#include "credential.h" |
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#include "builtin.h" |
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static const char usage_msg[] = |
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"git credential [fill|approve|reject]"; |
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int cmd_credential(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) |
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{ |
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const char *op; |
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struct credential c = CREDENTIAL_INIT; |
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op = argv[1]; |
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if (!op) |
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usage(usage_msg); |
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if (credential_read(&c, stdin) < 0) |
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die("unable to read credential from stdin"); |
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if (!strcmp(op, "fill")) { |
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credential_fill(&c); |
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credential_write(&c, stdout); |
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} else if (!strcmp(op, "approve")) { |
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credential_approve(&c); |
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} else if (!strcmp(op, "reject")) { |
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credential_reject(&c); |
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} else { |
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usage(usage_msg); |
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} |
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return 0; |
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} |
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#include "cache.h" |
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#include "credential.h" |
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#include "string-list.h" |
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static const char usage_msg[] = |
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"test-credential <fill|approve|reject> [helper...]"; |
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int main(int argc, const char **argv) |
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{ |
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const char *op; |
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struct credential c = CREDENTIAL_INIT; |
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int i; |
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op = argv[1]; |
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if (!op) |
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usage(usage_msg); |
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for (i = 2; i < argc; i++) |
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string_list_append(&c.helpers, argv[i]); |
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if (credential_read(&c, stdin) < 0) |
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die("unable to read credential from stdin"); |
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if (!strcmp(op, "fill")) { |
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credential_fill(&c); |
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if (c.username) |
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printf("username=%s\n", c.username); |
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if (c.password) |
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printf("password=%s\n", c.password); |
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} |
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else if (!strcmp(op, "approve")) |
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credential_approve(&c); |
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else if (!strcmp(op, "reject")) |
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credential_reject(&c); |
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else |
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usage(usage_msg); |
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return 0; |
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} |
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