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Prompt for SSH/HTTPS passphrase in minibuffer #334
Description
(use-package private-repo
:straight (:host github :repo "qleguennec/private-repo"))
Results in:
$ cd /home/void/.emacs.d/straight/repos/
$ git clone --origin origin --no-checkout https\://github.com/qleguennec/private-repo.git private-repo
Cloning into 'private-repo'...
fatal: could not read Username for 'https://github.com': No such device or address
[Return code: 128]
Not sure if that's a bug or something that could be implemented.
Either way, that would be pretty useful to have.
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raxod502 commentedon Dec 16, 2018
If you
then you can take advantage of
ssh-agentauthentication. With HTTPS, you can usegit-credential-cache.Unfortunately, if the cache has timed out, you still get an error like this. I agree that it's not desirable behavior. Probably the right way to handle this is to do as Magit does and just connect stdin for all Git commands to the terminal. That way the user can provide a passphrase when one is needed.
[-]Support fetching a package from a private github repository[/-][+]Prompt for SSH/HTTPS passphrase in minibuffer[/+][#334] Prompt for username/password in minibuffer
raxod502 commentedon Sep 13, 2019
Better late than never, right? ✨
Revert "[#334] Prompt for username/password in minibuffer"
raxod502 commentedon Sep 13, 2019
Unfortunately, I just noticed that this causes a regression in process execution sequencing. More work is required.
[#334] Prompt for username/password, for real now
raxod502 commentedon Sep 13, 2019
✨ ✨ ✨
Revert "[#334] Prompt for username/password, for real now"
raxod502 commentedon Sep 16, 2019
Another regression, this one even more incomprehensible. This makes me extremely sad.
bestlem commentedon Jun 18, 2022
When you do this chnage to straight-vc-git-default-protocol not you have to also change the [remote] entries in the .git/config from https to ssh for those repos you already have.
raxod502 commentedon Jun 20, 2022
You can also accomplish this by running
M-x straight-normalize-allwithstraight-vc-git-force-protocolnon-nil.raxod502 commentedon Jun 13, 2025
Implemented, finally, in #1207.