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| author |   Paul Eggleton <paul.eggleton@microsoft.com> | 2021-04-12 23:37:02 +1200 |
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| committer | Paul Eggleton <paul.eggleton@microsoft.com> | 2021-04-12 23:37:02 +1200 |
| commit | e18c6851ed98b4cac6b0eda0636a2e6eae88eb09 (patch) | |
| tree | d2696cdf1c6d1864b255cbbb4fc7d45d6eb9ca0a | |
| parent | e70b925ba98fd4fedf3940d141a4210c953087ca (diff) | |
| download | bitbake-contrib-e18c6851ed98b4cac6b0eda0636a2e6eae88eb09.tar.gz | |
bitbake-user-manual: document no support for using passwords in git URLs
This is based on the comment added in revision
aded964eed4ce5a725ed1ab477efabc86b1aa481.
Signed-off-by: Paul Eggleton <paul.eggleton@microsoft.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-fetching.rst | 9 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-fetching.rst b/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-fetching.rst index e9a5f336d..bd6cc0ef2 100644 --- a/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-fetching.rst +++ b/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-fetching.rst @@ -441,6 +441,15 @@ Here are some example URLs: :: SRC_URI = "git://git.oe.handhelds.org/git/vip.git;tag=version-1" SRC_URI = "git://git.oe.handhelds.org/git/vip.git;protocol=http" +.. note:: + + Specifying passwords directly in ``git://`` urls is not supported. + There are several reasons: ``SRC_URI`` is often written out to logs and + other places, and that could easily leak passwords; it is also all too + easy to share metadata without removing passwords. SSH keys, ``~/.netrc`` + and ``~/.ssh/config`` files can be used as alternatives. + + .. _gitsm-fetcher: Git Submodule Fetcher (``gitsm://``) |