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diff --git a/git-credential-cache.html b/git-credential-cache.html index 8ce1b470f..8ef664dc4 100644 --- a/git-credential-cache.html +++ b/git-credential-cache.html @@ -757,10 +757,13 @@ git-credential-cache(1) Manual Page <div class="sect1">
<h2 id="_description">DESCRIPTION</h2>
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-<div class="paragraph"><p>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.</p></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>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.</p></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>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
<a href="gitcredentials.html">gitcredentials(7)</a> or <code>EXAMPLES</code> below.</p></div>
@@ -842,7 +845,7 @@ variable (this example increases the cache time to 1 hour):</p></div> <div id="footer">
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Last updated
- 2022-11-20 22:53:16 PST
+ 2023-02-09 16:57:15 PST
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