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| author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2023-02-09 16:59:31 -0800 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2023-02-09 16:59:31 -0800 |
| commit | 012719cc3e3ab1e89e52042f845ad3dda764a188 (patch) | |
| tree | 506df45aab3088290cd2f7369190121e7eea9d95 /git-credential-cache.txt | |
| parent | aadc5a2a29738eab7b8fa780f7bf4152c53af5a9 (diff) | |
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diff --git a/git-credential-cache.txt b/git-credential-cache.txt index 432e159d9..f473994a8 100644 --- a/git-credential-cache.txt +++ b/git-credential-cache.txt @@ -14,10 +14,13 @@ git config credential.helper 'cache [<options>]' DESCRIPTION ----------- -This command caches credentials in memory for use by future Git -programs. The stored credentials never touch the disk, and are forgotten -after a configurable timeout. The cache is accessible over a Unix -domain socket, restricted to the current user by filesystem permissions. +This command caches credentials for use by future Git programs. +The stored credentials are kept in memory of the cache-daemon +process (instead of written to a file) and are forgotten after a +configurable timeout. Credentials are forgotten sooner if the +cache-daemon dies, for example if the system restarts. The cache +is accessible over a Unix domain socket, restricted to the current +user by filesystem permissions. You probably don't want to invoke this command directly; it is meant to be used as a credential helper by other parts of Git. See |