At $DAYJOB, we have a Git server[0] that supports the smart HTTP protocol. That server can return a 401 if the repository is private or doesn't exist.
We have several scripts, some of which run interactively, some not, that we simply want to fail if git fetch gets a non-2xx code. Unfortunately, git is very insistent about trying to use the default credential helper to prompt for a username and password in this case, even opening /dev/tty. We've used GIT_ASKPASS=/bin/echo, which seems to solve the problem, although it's ugly and I'm concerned it might break in the future. Is there a better way to do this? I didn't see one in the documentation or code when I looked. [0] An Atlassian Stash instance. -- brian m. carlson / brian with sandals: Houston, Texas, US +1 832 623 2791 | http://www.crustytoothpaste.net/~bmc | My opinion only OpenPGP: RSA v4 4096b: 88AC E9B2 9196 305B A994 7552 F1BA 225C 0223 B187
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