Assuming I've cloned a public repository from chiselapp.com anonymously using these commands:
$ fossil clone https://chiselapp.com/user/elviejo/repository/dwpt2 dwpt2.fossil
$ fossil open dwpt2.fossil
And now I want to commit a new file with:
$ fossil commit -m "these are my modifications"
How can Fossil prompt me for my user login and password?
PS: I know I could clone in the first place with the syntax:
https://user:pass@chiselapp.com
But let's assume I can't clone again... Thank you.
It's not entirely clear from your question which username and password you mean. I'm going to assume you mean the user name and password used to identify yourself to the repository on chiselapp.com — in other words, the sync username and password, as opposed to the commit username.
You can change the remote URL using the fossil remote-url command. As it says on the help page:
The remote-url is set automatically by a "clone" command or by any "sync", "push", or "pull" command that specifies an explicit URL.
The default remote-url is used by auto-syncing and by "sync", "push", "pull" that omit the server URL.
So if you want to change the username used when syncing, the following should work:
$ fossil remote-url https://user@chiselapp.com/user/elviejo/repository/dwpt2
$ fossil commit
If the password is not specified, fossil will prompt you to enter it.
(Note that if the autosync setting is turned off, then commit will not be enough; you'd have to sync, push or pull).