[PATCH] permits multiple tags on a configuration block.

[David Jack Wange Olrik]

On Tue, Jan 7, 2025, at 18:26, Brian Candler wrote:
>> I wrote this small patch that allows having multiple tags on a
>> configuration block in the openssh client configuration.
>> For instance, with this configuration:
>>
>>> Host test-host
>>>    Tag change-hostname change-port-and-user
>>>    Tag jump-to-mybox
>>>
>>> Match tagged change-hostname
>>>    Hostname new-hostname
>>>
>>> Match tagged change-port-and-user
>>>    Port 12345
>>>    Tag change-user
>>>
>>> Match tagged change-user
>>>    User bilbo
>>>
>>> Match tagged jump-to-mybox
>>>    ProxyJump mybox
>>>
>>> Match tagged nocheck
>>>    StrictHostKeyChecking false
>>>    UserKnownHostsFile /dev/null
>>>
>>> Match tagged frodo-identity
>>>    IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_ed25519_frodo
>
> Could this not be done using the "Include" directive? ssh_config(5) says:
>
> "Files without absolute paths are assumed to be in ~/.ssh if included in 
> a user configuration file [...] Include directive may appear inside a 
> Match or Host block to perform conditional inclusion."

This works for the for the static usecase in the config, but not for the dynamic
usecase on the command line using `-P <tag>`

Doing `ssh -P tag1 -P tag2 my-host.tld` could be quite useful in my opinion.

-- 
Best regards,
David Jack Wange Olrik <david at olrik.dk>