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 81ACFC77B7E for ; Sun, 28 May 2023 19:45:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S231281AbjE1Tpd (ORCPT ); Sun, 28 May 2023 15:45:33 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:59854 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S231279AbjE1Tpb (ORCPT ); Sun, 28 May 2023 15:45:31 -0400 Received: from mail-wm1-x32a.google.com (mail-wm1-x32a.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::32a]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 294D2AB for ; Sun, 28 May 2023 12:45:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-wm1-x32a.google.com with SMTP id 5b1f17b1804b1-3f606a80d34so17313975e9.0 for ; Sun, 28 May 2023 12:45:30 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20221208; t=1685303128; x=1687895128; h=cc:to:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding:fcc:subject:date:from :message-id:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=iFMGUNRSMliBIQkDMQ8+9ztZpDwMqU1oCr25l7bCwBc=; b=szemSkDfE55t2A2Ta6p4ZerkJ6SwFb0WKteCFX6H+AwLC2cW7W5Y9aMKIV9B56Gvbs oHAYGPgAlyUkGQ7b0t0cxVCR1LKpRNPw3YbkJo7BEqUjyAJjORWVRUGmwh6yQW9au54n bD2hkQe+/28nL8V8skRwvMe0ThvCiApoJYdb0zUZ/+3dxwIVe7HFgi1GhjPmt/Wa+E/B 0N1vcViUKRfIOSLHeNvh0rmlLVmS5iU8FlWHIz8PMuXwcD7JQ6yGkojxO/S+VxeqWH8Q hx+SZjwFubY1krCythN1rdOz09G4bfY3XpKCg9up8XDXikPRX5Ev1+hJ/yAXys660FW4 0Q0Q== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20221208; t=1685303128; x=1687895128; h=cc:to:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding:fcc:subject:date:from :message-id:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id :reply-to; bh=iFMGUNRSMliBIQkDMQ8+9ztZpDwMqU1oCr25l7bCwBc=; b=YH27peBqBOavZDb0QTYUHWPJfNXEXaYnQQ6VRmA6gq9bMFUglcZCCRa+Pky4UDhyvP D4/7Cdb8c7TS1BjMFyG9QRtR5zVYrMPur5skkxcD7E/NE7nN7t0c/vYFfRRBSzW8O6st SsFUlb7PAiwhVYNjoA4BksrvzinAbXkEyR4XmyUhXBw72sw8CxkFZ0UX6m8XBnXC+C38 wlDz2cx6NajT+tzB1wkUY42Zk6GDlmFqqL6fQhgmxN56njmwZ0o4FQ2hq3CU8feQ8xpo bdKRwf29Bv/6dTdPqO4jfeNvjGWv9ld0rjljWFOra0Pa/6r4WaarrNfQ04UKweROutC8 ghAA== X-Gm-Message-State: AC+VfDzo/GOrAoWZL+0L8dTxctw0lNd2W807ybaS4wTjLgQDPiqofeIu +j3j2jTIFiMvF/TEIIBbEKyS+85Ymdc= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ACHHUZ6pN9xBA7VvMoSyXjAOXtBaPfmXAoX6owSsMwjd64eoDSeZZxT6LHirrefysURSYaeHraPZeQ== X-Received: by 2002:a1c:770a:0:b0:3f4:2365:e5ac with SMTP id t10-20020a1c770a000000b003f42365e5acmr7002610wmi.13.1685303128031; Sun, 28 May 2023 12:45:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [127.0.0.1] ([13.74.141.28]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id n15-20020a1c720f000000b003f6cf9afc25sm11883194wmc.40.2023.05.28.12.45.27 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Sun, 28 May 2023 12:45:27 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: From: "M Hickford via GitGitGadget" Date: Sun, 28 May 2023 19:45:27 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] doc: gitcredentials: introduce OAuth helpers Fcc: Sent Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 To: git@vger.kernel.org Cc: peff@peff.net, msuchanek@suse.de, sandals@crustytoothpaste.net, lessleydennington@gmail.com, me@ttaylorr.com, mjcheetham@github.com, M Hickford , M Hickford Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org From: M Hickford OAuth credential helpers are widely useful but work differently to other credential helpers, so worth introducing in the docs. Link to relevant projects. Signed-off-by: M Hickford --- gitcredentials: describe OAuth credential helpers See also discussion https://lore.kernel.org/git/CAGJzqskaM80+8+79yUf435tP93Sk8sFu7marCvyimE=2gOKnog@mail.gmail.com/ Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-1538%2Fhickford%2Fhelpers-v1 Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-1538/hickford/helpers-v1 Pull-Request: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/pull/1538 Documentation/gitcredentials.txt | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/gitcredentials.txt b/Documentation/gitcredentials.txt index 100f045bb1a..d2a7249d52b 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitcredentials.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitcredentials.txt @@ -105,6 +105,19 @@ $ git config --global credential.helper foo ------------------------------------------- +=== OAuth credential helpers + +An alternative to entering passwords or personal access tokens is to use an +OAuth credential helper. Many popular Git hosts support OAuth. The first time +you authenticate, the helper opens a browser window to the host. +Subsequent authentication is non interactive. + +Two cross-platform open-source OAuth credential helpers are: + +* https://github.com/git-ecosystem/git-credential-manager[Git Credential Manager] +* https://github.com/hickford/git-credential-oauth[git-credential-oauth] + + CREDENTIAL CONTEXTS ------------------- base-commit: 79bdd48716a4c455bdc8ffd91d57a18d5cd55baa -- gitgitgadget