set GIT_TERMINAL_PROMPT in locmaint

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/bin/locmaint b/bin/locmaint
index d6253c9c..f6e6b51a 100755
--- a/bin/locmaint
+++ b/bin/locmaint
@@ -236,6 +236,13 @@ sub do_homedir {
     # so the machine can be left unattended.  We autoci first because
     # that increases the chance the update will succeed on its own
     unless ($skip_update) {
+        # avoid git asking for creds on the terminal which will
+        # typically happen when a git remote no longer exists
+        # (e.g. because someone has deleted their fork).  Another
+        # related trick is setting GIT_ASKPASS=/bin/true but that's a
+        # larger hammer than doing this
+        local $ENV{GIT_TERMINAL_PROMPT} = "0";
+
         script_status("trying to update all repos");
         foreach my $mr_repo (@mr_repos) {
             $mr_repo->auto_commit();
@@ -246,6 +253,9 @@ sub do_homedir {
     foreach my $mr_repo (@mr_repos) {
         script_status("reviewing repo " . $mr_repo->toplevel);
         unless ($mr_repo->updated || $skip_update) {
+            # see comment above for why we're setting this to 0 here
+            local $ENV{GIT_TERMINAL_PROMPT} = "0";
+
             interactive_ensure_subroutine_success(sub { $mr_repo->update() },
                                                   $mr_repo->toplevel,
                                                   "try running `mr update'"