From fe054b8cbe161d01a66637976c1cabad0ce1c973 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ben Walton <bwalton@opencsw.org>
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2012 18:13:23 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Use getpassphrase instead of getpass when prompting for
passwords
The legacy getpass function returns at most 9 characters, including
null termination which means an 8-character password. Instead, use
getpassphrase which allows up to 257 characters.
Mantis ID 4943
Signed-off-by: Ben Walton <bwalton@opencsw.org>
---
compat/terminal.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- git-2.45.1/compat/terminal.c.orig
+++ git-2.45.1/compat/terminal.c
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@
char *git_terminal_prompt(const char *prompt, int echo)
{
- return getpass(prompt);
+ return getpassphrase(prompt);
}
int read_key_without_echo(struct strbuf *buf)