Implement flag to download AUR packages via SSH

[WhyNotHugo]

Implement a new -e or --editable flag to download AUR packages using
SSH.

Fixes #399

[WhyNotHugo]

Oh, the workaround mentioned in #399 is problematic when updating the system since all those clones are done with SSH and require authorising the agent.

[Morganamilo]

Oh, the workaround mentioned in #399 is problematic when updating the system since all those clones are done with SSH and require authorising the agent.

Are you saying it will fail to pull over ssh on an aur repo you don't own?

[WhyNotHugo]

Are you saying it will fail to pull over ssh on an aur repo you don't own?

No, that's not it.

The issue with the override in #399 is that all AUR clones are done via SSH, so if I run something like paru -Syu, it also tries to clone via SSH and starts prompting for my password (or for the ssh agent to unlock).

I also intend on using a hardware-backed (e.g.: yubikey) SSH keys for the AUR as soon as support for that is deployed, but that won't help much; I'll still need to tap the key for each clone.

In reality, I don't want to clone via SSH most of the time, only in exceptional situations when I want to make changes and push them back.

[Morganamilo]

Right that sounds reasonable, though i'd rather the name be --ssh. Also you hard coded the url. you should instead take url that is configured.

[WhyNotHugo]

Right that sounds reasonable, though i'd rather the name be --ssh.

👍

Also you hard coded the url. you should instead take url that is configured.

Do you mean a new config setting with the base SSH url? AurSshUrl?

[Morganamilo]

No new section. just take the normal aururl and change the protocol to ssh.

[WhyNotHugo]

I think all comments have been resolved and CI is green. Thanks for all your patience on this one.

[Morganamilo]

use ? instead

[WhyNotHugo]

Also updated commit message and man page.

[WhyNotHugo]

Thanks!

[RubenKelevra]

@WhyNotHugo wrote:

Are you saying it will fail to pull over ssh on an aur repo you don't own?

No, that's not it.

The issue with the override in #399 is that all AUR clones are done via SSH, so if I run something like paru -Syu, it also tries to clone via SSH and starts prompting for my password (or for the ssh agent to unlock).

I also intend on using a hardware-backed (e.g.: yubikey) SSH keys for the AUR as soon as support for that is deployed, but that won't help much; I'll still need to tap the key for each clone.

In reality, I don't want to clone via SSH most of the time, only in exceptional situations when I want to make changes and push them back.

I mean you can use SSH connection multiplexing for the AUR, this should reuse the authentication :)