zn url with passwords

> Am I correct in the assumption that ZnURL does not support a password in the url authority?
>
> 'http://username@domain:1234/path?query_string#fragment_id' asZnUrl
> vs
> 'http://username:password@domain:1234/path?query_string#fragment_id' asZnUrl
>
> where the latter one fails. Then I just realized that
>
> 'http://username@domain:1234/path?query_string#fragment_id' asZnUrl host = 'username@domain'
>
> I would have expected it to return only 'domain'.

> On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 1:46 PM, Sven Van Caekenberghe <[hidden email]> wrote:
>> You are correct: username/password in URLs is not something that is supported by ZnUrl, by design actually.
>>
>> Why do you need it ?
>
> we are implementing the Git protocol with the HTTP backend. Git urls
> often comes with username inside and that's why we thought it would be
> easier to just use #asZnUrl. And these username and password elements
> are part of the standard
> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/URI_scheme#Examples).

>
> On 29 Jan 2013, at 14:49, Damien Cassou <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 1:46 PM, Sven Van Caekenberghe <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>> You are correct: username/password in URLs is not something that is supported by ZnUrl, by design actually.
>>>
>>> Why do you need it ?
>>
>> we are implementing the Git protocol with the HTTP backend. Git urls
>> often comes with username inside and that's why we thought it would be
>> easier to just use #asZnUrl. And these username and password elements
>> are part of the standard
>> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/URI_scheme#Examples).
>
> I will see if I can add it in an elegant way.
>
> I still feel it is a bit old school, from the FTP days, 99% of URLs won't ever have this.
>
> But yes, I know it is used in some places, like git...

> On 29 Jan 2013, at 14:49, Damien Cassou <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 1:46 PM, Sven Van Caekenberghe <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>> You are correct: username/password in URLs is not something that is supported by ZnUrl, by design actually.
>>>
>>> Why do you need it ?
>>
>> we are implementing the Git protocol with the HTTP backend. Git urls
>> often comes with username inside and that's why we thought it would be
>> easier to just use #asZnUrl. And these username and password elements
>> are part of the standard
>> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/URI_scheme#Examples).
>
> I will see if I can add it in an elegant way.
>
> I still feel it is a bit old school, from the FTP days, 99% of URLs won't ever have this.
>
> But yes, I know it is used in some places, like git...

> On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 7:50 PM, Sven Van Caekenberghe <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>
>> I added this (in bleedingEdge) so that
>>
>>        'git://[hidden email]/bar' asZnUrl
>>
>> works as expected.
>
>
> thank you so much Sven!