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-rw-r--r--Documentation/config.txt26
-rw-r--r--connect.c32
-rwxr-xr-xt/t5601-clone.sh21
3 files changed, 62 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 0460af37e..0c371ad78 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -2081,16 +2081,22 @@ matched against are those given directly to Git commands. This means any URLs
visited as a result of a redirection do not participate in matching.
ssh.variant::
- Depending on the value of the environment variables `GIT_SSH` or
- `GIT_SSH_COMMAND`, or the config setting `core.sshCommand`, Git
- auto-detects whether to adjust its command-line parameters for use
- with ssh (OpenSSH), plink or tortoiseplink, as opposed to the default
- (simple).
-+
-The config variable `ssh.variant` can be set to override this auto-detection;
-valid values are `ssh`, `simple`, `plink`, `putty` or `tortoiseplink`. Any
-other value will be treated as normal ssh. This setting can be overridden via
-the environment variable `GIT_SSH_VARIANT`.
+ By default, Git determines the command line arguments to use
+ based on the basename of the configured SSH command (configured
+ using the environment variable `GIT_SSH` or `GIT_SSH_COMMAND` or
+ the config setting `core.sshCommand`). If the basename is
+ unrecognized, Git will attempt to detect support of OpenSSH
+ options by first invoking the configured SSH command with the
+ `-G` (print configuration) option and will subsequently use
+ OpenSSH options (if that is successful) or no options besides
+ the host and remote command (if it fails).
++
+The config variable `ssh.variant` can be set to override this detection.
+Valid values are `ssh` (to use OpenSSH options), `plink`, `putty`,
+`tortoiseplink`, `simple` (no options except the host and remote command).
+The default auto-detection can be explicitly requested using the value
+`auto`. Any other value is treated as `ssh`. This setting can also be
+overridden via the environment variable `GIT_SSH_VARIANT`.
+
The current command-line parameters used for each variant are as
follows:
diff --git a/connect.c b/connect.c
index f3370510a..a939323d0 100644
--- a/connect.c
+++ b/connect.c
@@ -788,6 +788,7 @@ static const char *get_ssh_command(void)
}
enum ssh_variant {
+ VARIANT_AUTO,
VARIANT_SIMPLE,
VARIANT_SSH,
VARIANT_PLINK,
@@ -795,14 +796,16 @@ enum ssh_variant {
VARIANT_TORTOISEPLINK,
};
-static int override_ssh_variant(enum ssh_variant *ssh_variant)
+static void override_ssh_variant(enum ssh_variant *ssh_variant)
{
const char *variant = getenv("GIT_SSH_VARIANT");
if (!variant && git_config_get_string_const("ssh.variant", &variant))
- return 0;
+ return;
- if (!strcmp(variant, "plink"))
+ if (!strcmp(variant, "auto"))
+ *ssh_variant = VARIANT_AUTO;
+ else if (!strcmp(variant, "plink"))
*ssh_variant = VARIANT_PLINK;
else if (!strcmp(variant, "putty"))
*ssh_variant = VARIANT_PUTTY;
@@ -812,18 +815,18 @@ static int override_ssh_variant(enum ssh_variant *ssh_variant)
*ssh_variant = VARIANT_SIMPLE;
else
*ssh_variant = VARIANT_SSH;
-
- return 1;
}
static enum ssh_variant determine_ssh_variant(const char *ssh_command,
int is_cmdline)
{
- enum ssh_variant ssh_variant = VARIANT_SIMPLE;
+ enum ssh_variant ssh_variant = VARIANT_AUTO;
const char *variant;
char *p = NULL;
- if (override_ssh_variant(&ssh_variant))
+ override_ssh_variant(&ssh_variant);
+
+ if (ssh_variant != VARIANT_AUTO)
return ssh_variant;
if (!is_cmdline) {
@@ -982,6 +985,21 @@ static void fill_ssh_args(struct child_process *conn, const char *ssh_host,
variant = determine_ssh_variant(ssh, 0);
}
+ if (variant == VARIANT_AUTO) {
+ struct child_process detect = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT;
+
+ detect.use_shell = conn->use_shell;
+ detect.no_stdin = detect.no_stdout = detect.no_stderr = 1;
+
+ argv_array_push(&detect.args, ssh);
+ argv_array_push(&detect.args, "-G");
+ push_ssh_options(&detect.args, &detect.env_array,
+ VARIANT_SSH, port, flags);
+ argv_array_push(&detect.args, ssh_host);
+
+ variant = run_command(&detect) ? VARIANT_SIMPLE : VARIANT_SSH;
+ }
+
argv_array_push(&conn->args, ssh);
push_ssh_options(&conn->args, &conn->env_array, variant, port, flags);
argv_array_push(&conn->args, ssh_host);
diff --git a/t/t5601-clone.sh b/t/t5601-clone.sh
index 4a16a0b7d..d96b8e737 100755
--- a/t/t5601-clone.sh
+++ b/t/t5601-clone.sh
@@ -369,6 +369,12 @@ test_expect_success 'variant can be overriden' '
expect_ssh myhost src
'
+test_expect_success 'variant=auto picks based on basename' '
+ copy_ssh_wrapper_as "$TRASH_DIRECTORY/plink" &&
+ git -c ssh.variant=auto clone -4 "[myhost:123]:src" ssh-auto-clone &&
+ expect_ssh "-4 -P 123" myhost src
+'
+
test_expect_success 'simple is treated as simple' '
copy_ssh_wrapper_as "$TRASH_DIRECTORY/simple" &&
git clone -4 "[myhost:123]:src" ssh-bracket-clone-simple &&
@@ -381,6 +387,21 @@ test_expect_success 'uplink is treated as simple' '
expect_ssh myhost src
'
+test_expect_success 'OpenSSH-like uplink is treated as ssh' '
+ write_script "$TRASH_DIRECTORY/uplink" <<-EOF &&
+ if test "\$1" = "-G"
+ then
+ exit 0
+ fi &&
+ exec "\$TRASH_DIRECTORY/ssh$X" "\$@"
+ EOF
+ test_when_finished "rm -f \"\$TRASH_DIRECTORY/uplink\"" &&
+ GIT_SSH="$TRASH_DIRECTORY/uplink" &&
+ test_when_finished "GIT_SSH=\"\$TRASH_DIRECTORY/ssh\$X\"" &&
+ git clone "[myhost:123]:src" ssh-bracket-clone-sshlike-uplink &&
+ expect_ssh "-p 123" myhost src
+'
+
test_expect_success 'plink is treated specially (as putty)' '
copy_ssh_wrapper_as "$TRASH_DIRECTORY/plink" &&
git clone "[myhost:123]:src" ssh-bracket-clone-plink-0 &&