From 5e22e4f81e61f4ad2228366439be00b691284894 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christian Heusel Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2023 14:58:42 +0100 Subject: config: allow suppying the gitlab token via env var This would allow to supply the gitlab tokens via the env var DEVTOOLS_GITLAB_TOKEN and therefore allow users to choose whatever program they want to fill this env var. Closes #113 Signed-off-by: Christian Heusel Signed-off-by: Levente Polyak --- doc/man/pkgctl-auth-login.1.asciidoc | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) (limited to 'doc/man/pkgctl-auth-login.1.asciidoc') diff --git a/doc/man/pkgctl-auth-login.1.asciidoc b/doc/man/pkgctl-auth-login.1.asciidoc index 9c32ab2..eeeec4e 100644 --- a/doc/man/pkgctl-auth-login.1.asciidoc +++ b/doc/man/pkgctl-auth-login.1.asciidoc @@ -16,6 +16,13 @@ Interactively authenticate with the GitLab instance. The minimum required scopes for the token are: 'api', 'write_repository'. +The GitLab API token can either be stored in a plaintext file in +'$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/devtools/gitlab.conf', or supplied via the +'DEVTOOLS_GITLAB_TOKEN' environment variable using any command (gpg, vault, +password manager) by declaring a shell alias: + + $ alias pkgctl='DEVTOOLS_GITLAB_TOKEN="$(command to obtain token)" pkgctl' + Options ------- -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2