git-core: Support retrieving passwords with GIT_ASKPASS

git tries to read a password from the terminal in imap-send and
when talking to a http server that requires authentication.

When a GUI is driving git, however, the end user is not paying
attention to the terminal (there may not even be a terminal).
GUI would appear to hang forever.

Fix this problem by allowing a password-retrieving command
to be specified in GIT_ASKPASS

Signed-off-by: Frank Li <lznuaa@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

1 files changed, 37 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/connect.c b/connect.c
index a37cf6af04..e570aaf2ac 100644
--- a/connect.c
+++ b/connect.c
@@ -647,3 +647,40 @@ int finish_connect(struct child_process *conn)
 	free(conn);
 	return code;
 }
+
+char *git_getpass(const char *prompt)
+{
+	char *askpass;
+	struct child_process pass;
+	const char *args[3];
+	static struct strbuf buffer = STRBUF_INIT;
+
+	askpass = getenv("GIT_ASKPASS");
+
+	if (!askpass || !(*askpass))
+		return getpass(prompt);
+
+	args[0] = askpass;
+	args[1]	= prompt;
+	args[2] = NULL;
+
+	memset(&pass, 0, sizeof(pass));
+	pass.argv = args;
+	pass.out = -1;
+
+	if (start_command(&pass))
+		exit(1);
+
+	strbuf_reset(&buffer);
+	if (strbuf_read(&buffer, pass.out, 20) < 0)
+		die("failed to read password from %s\n", askpass);
+
+	close(pass.out);
+
+	if (finish_command(&pass))
+		exit(1);
+
+	strbuf_setlen(&buffer, strcspn(buffer.buf, "\r\n"));
+
+	return buffer.buf;
+}