go-git compatibility with git-credential-manager (GCM)

[dineshkumar181094]

Hi team,

Wanted to understand if go-git is compatible with git credential manager.

I have a custom requirement where I want to use Azure Managed Identity to clone the repository.

As per the documention we need to inject an environment variable https://github.com/git-ecosystem/git-credential-manager/blob/main/docs/environment.md#macoslinux-29.

[pjbgf]

I don't think it currently supports git credential manager. But given that this is an API, you should be able to authenticate with AMI by implementing that yourself (pulling the creds from Azure via their SDK), and passing them on via CloneOptions.Auth:

go-git/_examples/azure_devops/main.go

Lines 38 to 46 in cd6633c

	r, err := git.PlainClone(directory, false, &git.CloneOptions{
	Auth: &http.BasicAuth{
	Username: username,
	Password: password,
	},
	URL: url,
	Progress: os.Stdout,
	})
	CheckIfError(err)