Bash/Git - Prompt User for Password Issue

Question

I've made a bash script that automates a git commit to a remote. However, when it gets to the commit it doesn't pass the SSH key password prompt to the user, it just exits.

Here's the relevant part of the script!

set -e

[...]

read -p "Would you like to upload your app now? [y/n]: " -n 1 -r
echo    # (optional) move to a new line
if [[ ! $REPLY =~ ^[Yy]$ ]]
then
    exit 1
fi

git add *
git commit -m "Commit (Automated)"
git push cloud master

Not really a shell script person, so any help would be much appreciated!

EDIT: to clarify I want the user to be prompted to enter their password at "git push..."

What errors are you getting exactly? I tested your code and it looks to be working fine. — mnestorov
– mnestorov, Commented Oct 8, 2020 at 17:17
Hello! I've got a local password on my SSH key and it's not prompting for that...just wondering if there's something I'm missing re sending the output (e.g. the password prompt) to the console :) — Touchtyper
– Touchtyper, Commented Oct 8, 2020 at 17:22
hi and welcome to SO! Well, I don't think your missing something. As I said, I just tested it. Anyways, you can try to add a ssh-agent to your currently running terminal and see if it will push then. — mnestorov
– mnestorov, Commented Oct 8, 2020 at 17:24
Yay, worked it out! Looks like the "set -e" at the top of the script was seeing my git commit's "Everything is up to date" response as a failure and was exiting before the push :) Thanks for your help @mnestorov! — Touchtyper
– Touchtyper, Commented Oct 8, 2020 at 17:39

Touchtyper · Accepted Answer · 2020-10-08 17:47:23Z

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Solved! Looks like the "set -e" at the top of my script was the culprit. It saw the git commit commands "Everything is up-to-date" response as a command failure and exited. Removing it solved the issue :D

answered Oct 8, 2020 at 17:47

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