+static char *git_getpass_with_description(const char *what, const char *desc)
+{
+ struct strbuf prompt = STRBUF_INIT;
+ char *r;
+
+ if (desc)
+ strbuf_addf(&prompt, "%s for '%s': ", what, desc);
+ else
+ strbuf_addf(&prompt, "%s: ", what);
+ /*
+ * NEEDSWORK: for usernames, we should do something less magical that
+ * actually echoes the characters. However, we need to read from
+ * /dev/tty and not stdio, which is not portable (but getpass will do
+ * it for us). http.c uses the same workaround.
+ */
+ r = git_getpass(prompt.buf);
+
+ strbuf_release(&prompt);
+ return xstrdup(r);
+}
+