From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3264CC4332F for ; Thu, 17 Nov 2022 20:43:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S234729AbiKQUnl (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Nov 2022 15:43:41 -0500 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:41718 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S232126AbiKQUni (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Nov 2022 15:43:38 -0500 Received: from cloud.peff.net (cloud.peff.net [104.130.231.41]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0E4601582D for ; Thu, 17 Nov 2022 12:43:34 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 26331 invoked by uid 109); 17 Nov 2022 20:43:34 -0000 Received: from Unknown (HELO peff.net) (10.0.1.2) by cloud.peff.net (qpsmtpd/0.94) with ESMTP; Thu, 17 Nov 2022 20:43:34 +0000 Authentication-Results: cloud.peff.net; auth=none Received: (qmail 15965 invoked by uid 111); 17 Nov 2022 20:43:34 -0000 Received: from coredump.intra.peff.net (HELO sigill.intra.peff.net) (10.0.0.2) by peff.net (qpsmtpd/0.94) with (TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 encrypted) ESMTPS; Thu, 17 Nov 2022 15:43:34 -0500 Authentication-Results: peff.net; auth=none Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2022 15:43:33 -0500 From: Jeff King To: Lessley Dennington Cc: Matthew John Cheetham , "brian m. carlson" , M Hickford , git@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: The enduring popularity of git-credential-store Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Nov 17, 2022 at 11:29:35AM -0800, Lessley Dennington wrote: > On 11/17/22 10:51 AM, Jeff King wrote: > > I do think having the docs say "you should go use X" means that X will > > have an advantage over other projects which may compete with it. So I > > think we need to be careful to be inclusive of what we'll mention, and > > to word it so that we're not endorsing any one project. > > > > -Peff > > Completely agree with this. I've long wished for a page on git-scm.com > that's dedicated to (1) explaining what a credential helper is and > (2) offering a list of suggested helpers along with scenarios for which > each is best-suited. This could also be a good place to call out the risks > of using helpers like git-credential-store in a factual, unbiased way. It's also a nice place because it's easier to keep up-to-date compared to say, a manpage. -Peff