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If HTTP Passwords are disabled in Admin, don't display "You won't be able to pull or push project code via HTTPS until you set a password on your account."

Problem to solve

Displaying the message "You won't be able to pull or push project code via HTTPS until you set a password on your account." for users when HTTP passwords are disabled for the instance is confusing because it puts users under the impression that this feature works.

Intended users

Admins of instances that have http passwords disabled.

Further details

Not only prevents a false impression - but the many questions that users have of the instance admin why this does not work when the message said all they have to is add a password.

Proposal

Don't display "You won't be able to pull or push project code via HTTPS until you set a password on your account." when the admin setting "http passwords" is disabled.

Permissions and Security

Admin permissions are required to change instance settings.

Documentation

Not sure if any is needed.

Testing

zero risk as a message is just being turned off.

What does success look like, and how can we measure that?

"You won't be able to pull or push project code via HTTPS until you set a password on your account." is not displayed when the admin setting "http passwords" is disabled.

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