#1006296 please ship git-credential-libsecret helper binary

Package:
git
Source:
git
Description:
fast, scalable, distributed revision control system
Submitter:
M Hickford
Date:
2025-09-04 04:09:03 UTC
Severity:
wishlist
Tags:
#1006296#5
Date:
2022-02-22 22:20:22 UTC
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* Package name    : git-credential-libsecret
* URL             : https://github.com/git/git/commits/master/contrib/credential/libsecret/git-credential-libsecret.c
* License         : GPL
  Programming Lang: C
  Description     : Git helper for accessing credentials via libsecret.
#1006296#10
Date:
2022-02-23 03:07:12 UTC
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FWIW this file is already shipped in the git package:

   $ apt-file search git-credential-libsecret
   git:
/usr/share/doc/git/contrib/credential/libsecret/git-credential-libsecret.c

Cheers,

   Arnaud
#1006296#19
Date:
2022-02-25 22:47:15 UTC
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Thanks Arnaud. After installing the package libsecret-1-dev, I was able to
build and run git-credential-libsecret from
/usr/share/doc/git/contrib/credential/libsecret. I presume the libsecret
dependency is why it's a separate package in other distros such as Fedora.

https://packages.fedoraproject.org/pkgs/git/git-credential-libsecret/
#1006296#24
Date:
2024-04-01 19:00:56 UTC
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Patch and implementation is being discussed in
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=878599