Re: How to hide JDBC connection credentials from git?

On 31 May 2016 at 11:32, Alexander Farber <alexander(dot)farber(at)gmail(dot)com>
wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I work on several small Java projects (using Maven+NetBeans) and store
> them in a public git repository.
>
> I would like to use PostgreSQL JDBC in some of the projects, but don't
> want to make the connection credentials of my database public.
>
> Surely there are other developers out there, who have already faced
> similar problem.
>
> Please share your solutions.
>
> It is probably possible to put the database name/user/password into a
> *.properties file and then ignore it in git repository, but keep it in the
> workarea?
>
> Thank you
> Alex
>
>
Usually I use either a separate config file, or environment variables
wrapped into a separate runner file. The properties file you mentioned is
quite a good idea.
Just remember to provide a template file, so other programmers could create
their own properties file without debugging the application. And document
how I should make my own properties file, and run the app.

--
regards Szymon Lipiński