On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 8:10 AM, Woody Gilk <notifications@github.com>wrote:

> In gitcrypt:
>
> > @@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ init_config() {
> >  			case "$answer" in
> >  				n*|N*)
> >  					echo -n "Enter your passphrase: "
> > -					read PASS
> > +					read -s PASS
>
> why this change?
>
That's so the shell won't echo the password to the terminal as you type it,
similar to the way an ssh command-line client usually behaves.  I'm not
sure which is the best default behavior; I can see some people wanting
their password echoed as they type it, if they're not worried about
eavesdropping.

Thanks for putting this tool together, by the way - it's quite useful.



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