Question

I’m trying to push my password over to my git push to make a quick way to add, commit and push, but am unable to get the bash prompt to push and enter my password. Does someone know how to do this? I’m sure it mush be simple….

#!/bin/bash

PWD='password'
read MSG

git add .
git commit -m '"$MSG"'

echo "$PWD" | git push |

Answer 1

If you’re using git over ssh, you are not able to pipe in a password because the password is read directly from the tty device, and not stdin (in part to discourage doing things like that! ;)). If you really want to automate the password entry, consider using expect which can control the tty. expect uses TCL, but there are also modules at least for perl and python if you’re more inclined with one of those.

IMO, the better solution would be to set up key based auth. it’s both easier and more secure than what you’re attempting. http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/530 has some info on how to set it up.