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author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2020-05-08 21:25:10 (GMT) |
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committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2020-05-08 21:25:11 (GMT) |
commit | 37b48f0efcf14793315a8aa1056bd1976419efb3 (patch) | |
tree | c7dd0079b072cfb308e2223773f9ed46751a6920 /Documentation | |
parent | 6381c301ff5ae2c4f21f079fa4c8550667330a24 (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'bc/doc-credential-helper-value'
Doc update.
* bc/doc-credential-helper-value:
docs: document credential.helper allowed values
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diff --git a/Documentation/config/credential.txt b/Documentation/config/credential.txt index 60fb318..9d01641 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/credential.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/credential.txt @@ -1,9 +1,13 @@ credential.helper:: Specify an external helper to be called when a username or password credential is needed; the helper may consult external - storage to avoid prompting the user for the credentials. Note - that multiple helpers may be defined. See linkgit:gitcredentials[7] - for details. + storage to avoid prompting the user for the credentials. This is + normally the name of a credential helper with possible + arguments, but may also be an absolute path with arguments or, if + preceded by `!`, shell commands. ++ +Note that multiple helpers may be defined. See linkgit:gitcredentials[7] +for details and examples. credential.useHttpPath:: When acquiring credentials, consider the "path" component of an http |