and read the password from its STDOUT. See also the 'core.askpass'
option in linkgit:git-config[1].
+'GIT_TERMINAL_PROMPT'::
+ If this environment variable is set to `0`, git will not prompt
+ on the terminal (e.g., when asking for HTTP authentication).
+
'GIT_CONFIG_NOSYSTEM'::
Whether to skip reading settings from the system-wide
`$(prefix)/etc/gitconfig` file. This environment variable can
r = do_askpass(askpass, prompt);
}
- if (!r)
- r = git_terminal_prompt(prompt, flags & PROMPT_ECHO);
if (!r) {
- /* prompts already contain ": " at the end */
- die("could not read %s%s", prompt, strerror(errno));
+ const char *err;
+
+ if (git_env_bool("GIT_TERMINAL_PROMPT", 1)) {
+ r = git_terminal_prompt(prompt, flags & PROMPT_ECHO);
+ err = strerror(errno);
+ } else {
+ err = "terminal prompts disabled";
+ }
+ if (!r) {
+ /* prompts already contain ": " at the end */
+ die("could not read %s%s", prompt, err);
+ }
}
return r;
}