gitpython-developers · Byron · Jul 26, 2026 · Jul 25, 2026
diff --git a/git/util.py b/git/util.py
@@ -540,8 +540,7 @@ def expand_path(p: Union[None, PathLike], expand_vars: bool = True) -> Optional[
 
 
 def remove_password_if_present(cmdline: Sequence[str]) -> List[str]:
-    """Parse any command line argument and if one of the elements is an URL with a
-    username and/or password, replace them by stars (in-place).
+    """Redact credentials in URLs and HTTP Authorization extra headers in a command line.
 
     If nothing is found, this just returns the command line as-is.
 
@@ -551,6 +550,16 @@ def remove_password_if_present(cmdline: Sequence[str]) -> List[str]:
     new_cmdline = []
     for index, to_parse in enumerate(cmdline):
         new_cmdline.append(to_parse)
+        config_key, separator, header = to_parse.partition("=")
+        header_name, colon, _ = header.partition(":")
+        if (
+            separator
+            and colon
+            and config_key.lower().endswith(".extraheader")
+            and header_name.strip().lower() == "authorization"
+        ):
+            new_cmdline[index] = "%s%s%s%s *****" % (config_key, separator, header_name, colon)
+            continue
         try:
             url = urlsplit(to_parse)
             # Remove password from the URL if present.

diff --git a/test/test_git.py b/test/test_git.py
@@ -395,6 +395,24 @@ def test_it_raises_proper_exception_with_output_stream(self):
             with self.assertRaises(GitCommandError):
                 self.git.checkout("non-existent-branch", output_stream=tmp_file)
 
+    def test_it_redacts_authorization_extra_header_from_error(self):
+        token = "fake-token-1234"
+        command = [
+            "git",
+            "-c",
+            "http.extraHeader=Authorization: Bearer %s" % token,
+            "rev-parse",
+            "--verify",
+            "refs/does-not-exist",
+        ]
+
+        with self.assertRaises(GitCommandError) as context:
+            self.git.execute(command)
+
+        message = str(context.exception)
+        self.assertNotIn(token, message)
+        self.assertIn("http.extraHeader=Authorization: *****", message)
+
     def test_it_accepts_environment_variables(self):
         filename = fixture_path("ls_tree_empty")
         with open(filename, "r") as fh:

diff --git a/test/test_util.py b/test/test_util.py
@@ -671,6 +671,7 @@ def test_pickle_tzoffset(self):
     def test_remove_password_from_command_line(self):
         username = "fakeuser"
         password = "fakepassword1234"
+        authorization = "Bearer fake-token-1234"
         url_with_user_and_pass = "https://{}:{}@fakerepo.example.com/testrepo".format(username, password)
         url_with_user = "https://{}@fakerepo.example.com/testrepo".format(username)
         url_with_pass = "https://:{}@fakerepo.example.com/testrepo".format(password)
@@ -681,6 +682,7 @@ def test_remove_password_from_command_line(self):
         cmd_3 = ["git", "clone", "-v", url_with_pass]
         cmd_4 = ["git", "clone", "-v", url_without_user_or_pass]
         cmd_5 = ["no", "url", "in", "this", "one"]
+        cmd_6 = ["git", "-c", "http.extraHeader=Authorization: %s" % authorization, "fetch"]
 
         redacted_cmd_1 = remove_password_if_present(cmd_1)
         assert username not in " ".join(redacted_cmd_1)
@@ -700,3 +702,7 @@ def test_remove_password_from_command_line(self):
 
         assert cmd_4 == remove_password_if_present(cmd_4)
         assert cmd_5 == remove_password_if_present(cmd_5)
+
+        redacted_cmd_6 = remove_password_if_present(cmd_6)
+        assert authorization not in " ".join(redacted_cmd_6)
+        assert "http.extraHeader=Authorization: *****" in redacted_cmd_6