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

Subject: Re: [boost] [git help] GitHub boostorg library authentication
From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-11-19 14:17:54

On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 9:58 AM, Daniel James <daniel_at_[hidden]>wrote:

> 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.
>

Duh...

I've verified this works as expected, and updated
https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/wiki/TryModBoost accordingly.

Thanks,

--Beman