How to clone a mercurial repository over an ssh connection initiated by fabric when http authorizati
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I'm attempting to use fabric for the first time and I really like it so far, but at a certain point in my deployment script I want to clone a mercurial repository. When I get to that point I get an error:
err: abort: http authorization required
My repository requires http authorization and fabric doesn't prompt me for the user and password. I can get around this by changing my repository address from:
to:
But for various reasons I would prefer not to go this route. Are there any other ways in which I could bypass this problem?
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