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diff --git a/git-credential.txt b/git-credential.txt index 29d184ab8..3394c0361 100644 --- a/git-credential.txt +++ b/git-credential.txt @@ -113,7 +113,13 @@ separated by an `=` (equals) sign, followed by a newline. The key may contain any bytes except `=`, newline, or NUL. The value may contain any bytes except newline or NUL. -In both cases, all bytes are treated as-is (i.e., there is no quoting, +Attributes with keys that end with C-style array brackets `[]` can have +multiple values. Each instance of a multi-valued attribute forms an +ordered list of values - the order of the repeated attributes defines +the order of the values. An empty multi-valued attribute (`key[]=\n`) +acts to clear any previous entries and reset the list. + +In all cases, all bytes are treated as-is (i.e., there is no quoting, and one cannot transmit a value with newline or NUL in it). The list of attributes is terminated by a blank line or end-of-file. @@ -166,6 +172,17 @@ empty string. Components which are missing from the URL (e.g., there is no username in the example above) will be left unset. +`wwwauth[]`:: + + When an HTTP response is received by Git that includes one or more + 'WWW-Authenticate' authentication headers, these will be passed by Git + to credential helpers. ++ +Each 'WWW-Authenticate' header value is passed as a multi-valued +attribute 'wwwauth[]', where the order of the attributes is the same as +they appear in the HTTP response. This attribute is 'one-way' from Git +to pass additional information to credential helpers. + Unrecognised attributes are silently discarded. GIT |