Add password prompt through shell.ask("Pass: ", :password => true)

[rykov]

Extracted carefully from the Heroku gem, this change adds cross-platform support for password requests. I am not sure about the best way to test this. Nor do I have a Windows box to test the Windows execution path.

[technicalpickles]

Was working on a gem this evening, and would have loved something like this 👍

[eventualbuddha]

I'm a little torn between saying that you should use something like highline and accepting this. We do already have a fair number of shell input functionality, and this seems to round it out pretty well. I could use a second opinion, @sferik.

If we did accept this I'd probably change the method name to something else, like ask_for_password.

[christophermanning]

Adding an echo option to ask could be an option too ask("Password: ", :echo => false)

#108

[technicalpickles]

@christophermanning I like that idea, plus it wouldn't require too many API changes (hopefully), just a new option.

[eventualbuddha]

I like echo: false, too.

[eventualbuddha]

@rykov, want to take a stab at echo: false?

[vanm]

@eventualbuddha I took a shot at a new option for controlling echo in PR #332

[petems]

Is this PR still live? I'm looking for a password entering option for my gem, would be cool to get this or the "echo => false" implementation merged in 👍

[eventualbuddha]

Closed in favor of #332.