[jira] [Created] (MYNEWT-805) Better support for private repos

["Todd Mitton (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Todd Mitton created MYNEWT-805:
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             Summary: Better support for private repos
                 Key: MYNEWT-805
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MYNEWT-805
             Project: Mynewt
          Issue Type: Improvement
      Security Level: Public (Viewable by anyone)
          Components: Newt
            Reporter: Todd Mitton
            Assignee: Todd Mitton
            Priority: Minor


A password or personal access token must be specified in project.yml for `newt install` to access a private repo. This makes it hard to use private repos in automated environments because it would require checking in the clear text password/token.

We should add support for getting the password/token from an env variables.  CI systems like jenkins, travis, etc. securely store secrets and make them available to builds through env variables.

Even better then env variables is to use ssh instead of https. Private repos can be accessed via ssh, and newt can simply use the local ssh agent when accessing the private repo.



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