Re: git clone over http with basic auth bug?

2012-09-22 Thread Paul J R
writes i throw off to git-http-backend. But seeing it do authenticated reads properly via git-http-backend im going to change how it functions, cause that does work with older clients. Thanks! On 22/09/12 15:09, Jeff King wrote: On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 09:37:38AM +1000, Paul J R wrote: Im not

git clone over http with basic auth bug?

2012-09-21 Thread Paul J R
Hi All, Im not sure if this is a bug, or just "as implemented". But when cloning from a repo sitting on a web site that uses basic auth, the git client appears to forget its authentication info and ignores the 401's the server is sending back. It appears to initially login and get refs and HE