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diff --git a/vendor/github.com/kevinburke/ssh_config/README.md b/vendor/github.com/kevinburke/ssh_config/README.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..52cc1eac4 --- /dev/null +++ b/vendor/github.com/kevinburke/ssh_config/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,81 @@ +# ssh_config + +This is a Go parser for `ssh_config` files. Importantly, this parser attempts +to preserve comments in a given file, so you can manipulate a `ssh_config` file +from a program, if your heart desires. + +It's designed to be used with the excellent +[x/crypto/ssh](https://golang.org/x/crypto/ssh) package, which handles SSH +negotiation but isn't very easy to configure. + +The `ssh_config` `Get()` and `GetStrict()` functions will attempt to read values +from `$HOME/.ssh/config` and fall back to `/etc/ssh/ssh_config`. The first +argument is the host name to match on, and the second argument is the key you +want to retrieve. + +```go +port := ssh_config.Get("myhost", "Port") +``` + +You can also load a config file and read values from it. + +```go +var config = ` +Host *.test + Compression yes +` + +cfg, err := ssh_config.Decode(strings.NewReader(config)) +fmt.Println(cfg.Get("example.test", "Port")) +``` + +Some SSH arguments have default values - for example, the default value for +`KeyboardAuthentication` is `"yes"`. If you call Get(), and no value for the +given Host/keyword pair exists in the config, we'll return a default for the +keyword if one exists. + +### Manipulating SSH config files + +Here's how you can manipulate an SSH config file, and then write it back to +disk. + +```go +f, _ := os.Open(filepath.Join(os.Getenv("HOME"), ".ssh", "config")) +cfg, _ := ssh_config.Decode(f) +for _, host := range cfg.Hosts { + fmt.Println("patterns:", host.Patterns) + for _, node := range host.Nodes { + // Manipulate the nodes as you see fit, or use a type switch to + // distinguish between Empty, KV, and Include nodes. + fmt.Println(node.String()) + } +} + +// Print the config to stdout: +fmt.Println(cfg.String()) +``` + +## Spec compliance + +Wherever possible we try to implement the specification as documented in +the `ssh_config` manpage. Unimplemented features should be present in the +[issues][issues] list. + +Notably, the `Match` directive is currently unsupported. + +[issues]: https://github.com/kevinburke/ssh_config/issues + +## Errata + +This is the second [comment-preserving configuration parser][blog] I've written, after +[an /etc/hosts parser][hostsfile]. Eventually, I will write one for every Linux +file format. + +[blog]: https://kev.inburke.com/kevin/more-comment-preserving-configuration-parsers/ +[hostsfile]: https://github.com/kevinburke/hostsfile + +## Donating + +Donations free up time to make improvements to the library, and respond to +bug reports. You can send donations via Paypal's "Send Money" feature to +kev@inburke.com. Donations are not tax deductible in the USA. |