[bitbake-devel] [PATCH] fetch2/git.py: Added handling of the user's password in url

[Mikko.Rapeli at bmw.de]

On Thu, Apr 12, 2018 at 11:44:53AM +0200, Jakub Dębski wrote:
> Fetching source code from private repository (using https or http) fails
> because password passed in url (git://user:pass@domain) is ignored.

Maybe this is by design to prevent credentials leaking into bitbake
recipes.

Alternative is to set the usernames, passwords etc in e.g. ~/.netrc
and ~/.ssh/config files which have the same effect.

-Mikko