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diff --git a/man7/gitcredentials.7 b/man7/gitcredentials.7 index 5274b6507..c02a0e479 100644 --- a/man7/gitcredentials.7 +++ b/man7/gitcredentials.7 @@ -2,12 +2,12 @@ .\" Title: gitcredentials .\" Author: [FIXME: author] [see http://www.docbook.org/tdg5/en/html/author] .\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets vsnapshot <http://docbook.sf.net/> -.\" Date: 11/11/2022 +.\" Date: 11/17/2022 .\" Manual: Git Manual -.\" Source: Git 2.38.1.420.g319605f8f0 +.\" Source: Git 2.38.1.436.geea7033409 .\" Language: English .\" -.TH "GITCREDENTIALS" "7" "11/11/2022" "Git 2\&.38\&.1\&.420\&.g319605" "Git Manual" +.TH "GITCREDENTIALS" "7" "11/17/2022" "Git 2\&.38\&.1\&.436\&.geea703" "Git Manual" .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * Define some portability stuff .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ git config credential\&.helper "$helper $options" .sp .SH "DESCRIPTION" .sp -Git will sometimes need credentials from the user in order to perform operations; for example, it may need to ask for a username and password in order to access a remote repository over HTTP\&. This manual describes the mechanisms Git uses to request these credentials, as well as some features to avoid inputting these credentials repeatedly\&. +Git will sometimes need credentials from the user in order to perform operations; for example, it may need to ask for a username and password in order to access a remote repository over HTTP\&. Some remotes accept a personal access token or OAuth access token as a password\&. This manual describes the mechanisms Git uses to request these credentials, as well as some features to avoid inputting these credentials repeatedly\&. .SH "REQUESTING CREDENTIALS" .sp Without any credential helpers defined, Git will try the following strategies to ask the user for usernames and passwords: |