[bitbake-devel] [PATCH 0/1] bitbake: fetch2/git: fix initial http authed clone

[Olof Johansson]

On 19-06-04 19:38 +0200, Olof Johansson wrote:
> The gitcredentials manpage recommends using the global
> configuration with [credential.<uri-pattern>] blocks to specify
> this instead.

... Sorry, this was an incomplete description based on a cursory
reading, but it does seem to outline several available solutions
to your problem, including storing unencrypted on disk to
integrating with system password managers...

> https://git-scm.com/docs/gitcredentials

(SSH transport with key based authentication is also nice to deal
with, if possible. The authenticated git hosts I know of provide
SSH transport, but I suppose not all.)

-- 
olofjn