[JENKINS-70897] Add support for http.extraHeader for bearer token authentication

Bearer Tokens are sometimes very useful to connect to git repositories. From principle what is needed here is a smart integration from the git plugin with a secret (secret text for instance) to achieve a git call with

-c "http.extraHeader=Authorization: Bearer ..."

Bitbucket documentation for HTTP access tokens:

https://confluence.atlassian.com/bitbucketserver/http-access-tokens-939515499.html

Azure DevOps documentation for "Use personal access tokens":

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/organizations/accounts/use-personal-access-tokens-to-authenticate?view=azure-devops&tabs=Windows#use-a-pat

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Originally reported by mguillem, imported from: Add support for http.extraHeader for bearer token authentication

• status: In Progress
  
• priority: Minor
  
• component(s): git-client-plugin
  
• resolution: Unresolved
  
• votes: 3
  
• watchers: 8
  
• imported: 20251211-071809
  

Raw content of original issue

Bearer Tokens are sometimes very useful to connect to git repositories. From principle what is needed here is a smart integration from the git plugin with a secret (secret text for instance) to achieve a git call with



-c "http.extraHeader=Authorization: Bearer ..."





Bitbucket documentation for HTTP access tokens:

https://confluence.atlassian.com/bitbucketserver/http-access-tokens-939515499.html


Azure DevOps documentation for "Use personal access tokens":

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/organizations/accounts/use-personal-access-tokens-to-authenticate?view=azure-devops&tabs=Windows#use-a-pat