diff --git a/base/deprecated.jl b/base/deprecated.jl
index 5e63afcff4a1e..32cd46ecd5f49 100644
--- a/base/deprecated.jl
+++ b/base/deprecated.jl
@@ -1615,6 +1615,16 @@ function SymTridiagonal(dv::AbstractVector{T}, ev::AbstractVector{S}) where {T,S
     SymTridiagonal(convert(Vector{R}, dv), convert(Vector{R}, ev))
 end
 
+# PR #23092
+@eval LibGit2 begin
+    function prompt(msg::AbstractString; default::AbstractString="", password::Bool=false)
+        Base.depwarn(string(
+            "`LibGit2.prompt(msg::AbstractString; default::AbstractString=\"\", password::Bool=false)` is deprecated, use ",
+            "`get(Base.prompt(msg, default=default, password=password), \"\")` instead."), :prompt)
+        Base.get(Base.prompt(msg, default=default, password=password), "")
+    end
+end
+
 # END 0.7 deprecations
 
 # BEGIN 1.0 deprecations
diff --git a/base/libgit2/callbacks.jl b/base/libgit2/callbacks.jl
index 8d4f69f7c6505..5ecbacc4d6c9b 100644
--- a/base/libgit2/callbacks.jl
+++ b/base/libgit2/callbacks.jl
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ function authenticate_ssh(creds::SSHCredentials, libgit2credptr::Ptr{Ptr{Void}},
             if !isusedcreds
                 username = uname
             else
-                response = prompt("Username for '$schema$host'", default=uname)
+                response = Base.prompt("Username for '$schema$host'", default=uname)
                 isnull(response) && return user_abort()
                 username = unsafe_get(response)
             end
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ function authenticate_ssh(creds::SSHCredentials, libgit2credptr::Ptr{Ptr{Void}},
                 if isempty(keydefpath) && isfile(defaultkeydefpath)
                     keydefpath = defaultkeydefpath
                 else
-                    response = prompt("Private key location for '$schema$username@$host'",
+                    response = Base.prompt("Private key location for '$schema$username@$host'",
                         default=keydefpath)
                     isnull(response) && return user_abort()
                     keydefpath = unsafe_get(response)
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ function authenticate_ssh(creds::SSHCredentials, libgit2credptr::Ptr{Ptr{Void}},
                     keydefpath = privatekey*".pub"
                 end
                 if !isfile(keydefpath)
-                    response = prompt("Public key location for '$schema$username@$host'",
+                    response = Base.prompt("Public key location for '$schema$username@$host'",
                         default=keydefpath)
                     isnull(response) && return user_abort()
                     keydefpath = unsafe_get(response)
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ function authenticate_ssh(creds::SSHCredentials, libgit2credptr::Ptr{Ptr{Void}},
                     isnull(response) && return user_abort()
                     passdef = unsafe_get(response)[2]
                 else
-                    response = prompt("Passphrase for $privatekey", password=true)
+                    response = Base.prompt("Passphrase for $privatekey", password=true)
                     isnull(response) && return user_abort()
                     passdef = unsafe_get(response)
                     isempty(passdef) && return user_abort()  # Ambiguous if EOF or newline
@@ -179,12 +179,12 @@ function authenticate_userpass(creds::UserPasswordCredentials, libgit2credptr::P
                 username, userpass = unsafe_get(response)
             end
         elseif isusedcreds
-            response = prompt("Username for '$schema$host'",
+            response = Base.prompt("Username for '$schema$host'",
                 default=isempty(username) ? urlusername : username)
             isnull(response) && return user_abort()
             username = unsafe_get(response)
 
-            response = prompt("Password for '$schema$username@$host'", password=true)
+            response = Base.prompt("Password for '$schema$username@$host'", password=true)
             isnull(response) && return user_abort()
             userpass = unsafe_get(response)
             isempty(userpass) && return user_abort()  # Ambiguous if EOF or newline
diff --git a/base/libgit2/utils.jl b/base/libgit2/utils.jl
index f3ebe68d129c9..7aef29151b828 100644
--- a/base/libgit2/utils.jl
+++ b/base/libgit2/utils.jl
@@ -31,24 +31,6 @@ isset(val::Integer, flag::Integer) = (val & flag == flag)
 reset(val::Integer, flag::Integer) = (val &= ~flag)
 toggle(val::Integer, flag::Integer) = (val |= flag)
 
-function prompt(msg::AbstractString; default::AbstractString="", password::Bool=false)
-    if Sys.iswindows() && password
-        error("Command line prompt not supported for password entry on windows. Use winprompt instead")
-    end
-    msg = !isempty(default) ? msg*" [$default]:" : msg*":"
-    uinput = if password
-        Base.getpass(msg)  # Automatically chomps. We cannot tell EOF from '\n'.
-    else
-        print(msg)
-        readline(chomp=false)
-    end
-    if !password
-        isempty(uinput) && return Nullable{String}()  # Encountered EOF
-        uinput = chomp(uinput)
-    end
-    Nullable{String}(isempty(uinput) ? default : uinput)
-end
-
 function features()
     feat = ccall((:git_libgit2_features, :libgit2), Cint, ())
     res = Consts.GIT_FEATURE[]
diff --git a/base/util.jl b/base/util.jl
index 413b304fb0ab4..3edd92a861675 100644
--- a/base/util.jl
+++ b/base/util.jl
@@ -672,6 +672,32 @@ else
 getpass(prompt::AbstractString) = unsafe_string(ccall(:getpass, Cstring, (Cstring,), prompt))
 end
 
+"""
+    prompt(message; default="", password=false) -> Nullable{String}
+
+Displays the `message` then waits for user input. Input is terminated when a newline (\\n)
+is encountered or EOF (^D) character is entered on a blank line. If a `default` is provided
+then the user can enter just a newline character to select the `default`. Alternatively,
+when the `password` keyword is `true` the characters entered by the user will not be
+displayed.
+"""
+function prompt(message::AbstractString; default::AbstractString="", password::Bool=false)
+    if Sys.iswindows() && password
+        error("Command line prompt not supported for password entry on windows. Use `Base.winprompt` instead")
+    end
+    msg = !isempty(default) ? "$message [$default]:" : "$message:"
+    if password
+        # `getpass` automatically chomps. We cannot tell an EOF from a '\n'.
+        uinput = getpass(msg)
+    else
+        print(msg)
+        uinput = readline(chomp=false)
+        isempty(uinput) && return Nullable{String}()  # Encountered an EOF
+        uinput = chomp(uinput)
+    end
+    Nullable{String}(isempty(uinput) ? default : uinput)
+end
+
 # Windows authentication prompt
 if Sys.iswindows()
     struct CREDUI_INFO