Johannes Schindelin 75d09c7678 credential: advertise NTLM suppression and allow helpers to re-enable ...

The previous commits disabled NTLM authentication by default due to its
cryptographic weaknesses. Users can re-enable it via the config setting
http.<url>.allowNTLMAuth, but this requires manual intervention.

Credential helpers may have knowledge about which servers are trusted
for NTLM authentication (e.g., known on-prem Azure DevOps instances).
To allow them to signal this trust, introduce a simple negotiation:
when NTLM is suppressed and the server offered it, Git advertises
ntlm=suppressed to the credential helper. The helper can respond with
ntlm=allow to re-enable NTLM for this request.

This happens precisely at the point where we would otherwise warn the
user about NTLM being suppressed, ensuring the capability is only
advertised when relevant.

Helped-by: Matthew John Cheetham <mjcheetham@outlook.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>

2026-04-02 21:30:05 +02:00

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