Lab shouldn't store access credentials in .gitconfig

[JoeNyland]

It's not uncommon for users to version control their dotfiles. A common file to version control is ~/.gitconfig.

Lab currently stores and retrieves a users access token from git config. Having my Gitlab access token stored in .gitconfig means that I can no longer version control this file, which it important to me as this file contains shared configuration for all of my projects on my system.

If I understand the documentation for Lab currently, I could add my access credentials to .git/config in each projects repository on my system, but this is a very tedious and cumbersome workaround to the issue.

github/hub Helps it's users in this case by storing access tokens in an application specific config file ~/.config/hub, which is a file that's less likely to be version controlled by users. I think Lab should use a similar solution, or at least provide it as an alternative credential store to the current git config system.

github/hubs implementation is here, if it helps.

[zaquestion]

Thanks @JoeNyland, this seems like a fair assessment of current situation and I appreciate that you have specific usecases in mind. I've been talking about adding a config file for a few different things now. I'll move the global credentials in there when the time comes.

[JoeNyland]

No worries! Ok, that sounds great! 🎉

[zaquestion]

@JoeNyland Planning to implement these changes soon and I wanted to offer a possible workaround in the meantime.

It looks like git 1.7.10+ supports sourcing other files for your .git config.
Ref: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1557183/is-it-possible-to-include-a-file-in-your-gitconfig
I do something similar with my .bashrc by referencing a .bashrc.local.

This works for me using

$ git version
git version 2.11.0
lab version 0.5.2

.gitconfig

[user]
        name = Zaq? Wiedmann
        email = zaquestion@gmail.com
[include]
        path = .gitconfig.local

.gitconfig.local

[gitlab]
        host = https://gitlab.com
        user = lab-testing

[JoeNyland]

Oh right, cool! I'll give that a go. Thanks!

[nkprince007]

I think this has been solved. Closing it.

[zaquestion]

Not quite, it'll go out in 0.8.0