Re: [boost] [git help] GitHub boostorg library authentication

Subject: Re: [boost] [git help] GitHub boostorg library authentication
From: Daniel James (daniel_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-10-29 05:45:13

On 29 October 2013 04:36, Dave Abrahams <dave_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
>> The super-project can't use github's git urls as they don't
>> allow anonymous access. I believe the super-project should be using
>> https for submodules, rather than http.
>
> Why is that? Because it's possible to commit through https?

Yes.

> But won't someone complain that they can't access https behind their
> corporate firewall?  It always seems like there's no right answer in
> this territory.

Oh right, I hadn't thought of that. Making it easy to check out
probably should be the priority.

>> Passwords for https can be stored using password caching:
>>
>> https://help.github.com/articles/set-up-git#password-caching
>>
>> But if you'd rather use git urls in order to use your ssh key, you can
>> use git's 'insteadOf' configuration option.
>
> Oh, nifty; I didn't know about this!
>
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1722807/git-convert-git-urls-to-http-urls
> https://coderwall.com/p/sitezg
>
> Given the propensity of various access methods to fail for various
> reasons, I think we probably ought to suggest the use of insteadOf right
> in the instructions, no matter how we decide to write the URIs.

OK. Going back to Beman's question, I haven't tested it yet, but I
think the configuration command is:

    git config --global url."git_at_[hidden]:boostorg/".insteadOf
"http://github.com/boostorg/"

This just updates the .gitconfig file, so it can be edited later if it
doesn't work.