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When a server advertises Negotiate (SPNEGO) authentication, the "auto" mode of http.emptyAuth should detect this as an "exotic" method and proactively send empty credentials, allowing libcurl to use the system Kerberos ticket without prompting the user. However, two features interact to prevent this from working: The Negotiate-stripping logic, introduced in4dbe66464b(remote-curl: fall back to Basic auth if Negotiate fails, 2015-01-08), removes CURLAUTH_GSSNEGOTIATE from the allowed methods on the first 401 response. The empty-auth auto-detection, introduced in40a18fc77c(http: add an "auto" mode for http.emptyauth, 2017-02-25), then checks the remaining methods for anything "exotic" -- but Negotiate has already been removed, so auto mode never activates for servers whose only non-Basic/Digest method is Negotiate (e.g., Apache with mod_auth_kerb offering Basic + Negotiate). Fix this by delaying the Negotiate stripping in auto mode: on the first 401, keep Negotiate in the allowed methods so that auto mode can detect it and retry with empty credentials. If that attempt fails (no valid Kerberos ticket), strip Negotiate on the second 401 and fall through to credential_fill() as usual. To support this, also teach http_reauth_prepare() to skip credential_fill() when empty auth is about to be attempted, since filling real credentials would bypass the empty-auth mechanism. The true and false modes are unchanged: true sends empty credentials on the very first request (before any 401), and false never sends them. Signed-off-by: Matthew John Cheetham <mjcheetham@outlook.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Git - fast, scalable, distributed revision control system
Git is a fast, scalable, distributed revision control system with an unusually rich command set that provides both high-level operations and full access to internals.
Git is an Open Source project covered by the GNU General Public License version 2 (some parts of it are under different licenses, compatible with the GPLv2). It was originally written by Linus Torvalds with help of a group of hackers around the net.
Please read the file INSTALL for installation instructions.
Many Git online resources are accessible from https://git-scm.com/ including full documentation and Git related tools.
See Documentation/gittutorial.adoc to get started, then see
Documentation/giteveryday.adoc for a useful minimum set of commands, and
Documentation/git-<commandname>.adoc for documentation of each command.
If git has been correctly installed, then the tutorial can also be
read with man gittutorial or git help tutorial, and the
documentation of each command with man git-<commandname> or git help <commandname>.
CVS users may also want to read Documentation/gitcvs-migration.adoc
(man gitcvs-migration or git help cvs-migration if git is
installed).
The user discussion and development of Git take place on the Git mailing list -- everyone is welcome to post bug reports, feature requests, comments and patches to git@vger.kernel.org (read Documentation/SubmittingPatches for instructions on patch submission and Documentation/CodingGuidelines).
Those wishing to help with error message, usage and informational message
string translations (localization l10) should see po/README.md
(a po file is a Portable Object file that holds the translations).
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Issues which are security relevant should be disclosed privately to the Git Security mailing list git-security@googlegroups.com.
The maintainer frequently sends the "What's cooking" reports that list the current status of various development topics to the mailing list. The discussion following them give a good reference for project status, development direction and remaining tasks.
The name "git" was given by Linus Torvalds when he wrote the very first version. He described the tool as "the stupid content tracker" and the name as (depending on your mood):
- random three-letter combination that is pronounceable, and not actually used by any common UNIX command. The fact that it is a mispronunciation of "get" may or may not be relevant.
- stupid. contemptible and despicable. simple. Take your pick from the dictionary of slang.
- "global information tracker": you're in a good mood, and it actually works for you. Angels sing, and a light suddenly fills the room.
- "goddamn idiotic truckload of sh*t": when it breaks