pass wclip

An extension for the password store that copies a stored password into the windows clipboard using PowerShell commands to hide it from password history managers. Bascily minor mods on https://github.com/palortoff/pass-extension-wclip

Usage

pass wclip pass-name

Example

pass wclip email/gmail

Parameters

As pass wclip uses the show command internally the --clip or -c parameter can be used to specify the line number.

pass wclip -c2 email/gmail
pass wclip --clip=6 email/gmail

Installation

(This extensions is for windows only)

• First you have to enable extensions in pass by setting PASSWORD_STORE_ENABLE_EXTENSIONS=true
• Add the wclip.bash file to .password-store/.extensions
  • Either copy the file or
  • Clone this repo as a submodule into .password-store/.extensions/wclip and
  • Create a symlink (in an elevated cmd, not in bash)

cd %userprofile%\.password-store\.extensions
mklink wclip.bash wclip\src\wclip.bash

Contribution

Contributions are always welcome.