trying to recreate a bug; need to be asked for password when doing a git fetch

Question

I know there are lots of posts about how NOT to be asked for a password when you do a git fetch, but I am trying to recreate a bug that happens when you do get asked for a password when doing a git fetch. I've tried a few different things with oyxkeychain etc. and somehow I just can't recreate a scenario where I get asked for a password when doing a git fetch with bitbucket and with github, doesn't matter which one. Any ideas?

Answer 1

Use the following shell commands:

git init
git remote add origin 'https://nobody@github.com/doot/repo.git'
git fetch origin

It should then ask you for a password.

Explanation

If your remote URL starts with HTTPS, git uses your.netrc file ( ~/.netrc ) for login credentials. For example, this entry will allow me to push to codeberg.org over HTTPS:

machine codeberg.org
 login h3xx
 password 0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef12345678

If the username/password combo is rejected, it'll ask for both username and password.

If you specify the username in the remote URL, eg https://user@codeberg.org/my-repo.git , it'll only ask for the password.