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

Subject: Re: [boost] [git help] GitHub boostorg library authentication
From: Daniel James (daniel_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-11-19 09:58:00

On 19 November 2013 14:19, Beman Dawes <bdawes_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 5:45 AM, Daniel James <daniel_at_[hidden]>wrote:
>
> 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.
>>
>
> I just tested this with the current boostorg repos. Worked first try. The
> actual command I used was:
>
> git config --global url."git_at_[hidden]:boostorg/".insteadOf "
> https://github.com/boostorg/"

You shouldn't need to do this now because Daniel Pfeifer changed it to
use relative urls. All the submodules should use the same access
method that you used to clone the main repo. I think it uses the
default remote as the base for relative urls.