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| author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2020-05-08 15:27:04 -0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2020-05-08 15:27:04 -0700 |
| commit | 2b43cff1c1e6418402997ad8a78ff0a401a5957a (patch) | |
| tree | d11eea5eb084d04a628671597a15e2df94d553c8 /git-config.html | |
| parent | dd4c178beaaa13be1f0211908f194c136b341973 (diff) | |
| download | git-htmldocs-2b43cff1c1e6418402997ad8a78ff0a401a5957a.tar.gz | |
Autogenerated HTML docs for v2.26.2-593-gb9946
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diff --git a/git-config.html b/git-config.html index d3930d8de..b6a73af99 100644 --- a/git-config.html +++ b/git-config.html @@ -3950,10 +3950,13 @@ credential.helper <p>
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 <a href="gitcredentials.html">gitcredentials(7)</a>
- 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 <code>!</code>, shell commands.
</p>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>Note that multiple helpers may be defined. See <a href="gitcredentials.html">gitcredentials(7)</a>
+for details and examples.</p></div>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">
credential.useHttpPath
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