diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'man7/gitcredentials.7')
| -rw-r--r-- | man7/gitcredentials.7 | 10 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/man7/gitcredentials.7 b/man7/gitcredentials.7 index 1a83974d8..63d976d6c 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: 11/21/2022 +.\" Date: 11/23/2022 .\" Manual: Git Manual -.\" Source: Git 2.38.1.473.ga0789512c5 +.\" Source: Git 2.39.0.rc0 .\" Language: English .\" -.TH "GITCREDENTIALS" "7" "11/21/2022" "Git 2\&.38\&.1\&.473\&.ga07895" "Git Manual" +.TH "GITCREDENTIALS" "7" "11/23/2022" "Git 2\&.39\&.0\&.rc0" "Git Manual" .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * Define some portability stuff .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ The first is simple and appropriate if you do not have secure storage available .\} .sp .sp -Credential helpers, on the other hand, are external programs from which Git can request both usernames and passwords; they typically interface with secure storage provided by the OS or other programs\&. +Credential helpers, on the other hand, are external programs from which Git can request both usernames and passwords; they typically interface with secure storage provided by the OS or other programs\&. Alternatively, a credential\-generating helper might generate credentials for certain servers via some API\&. .sp To use a helper, you must first select one to use\&. Git currently includes the following helpers: .PP @@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ For a \fBstore\fR or \fBerase\fR operation, the helper\(cqs output is ignored\&. .sp If a helper fails to perform the requested operation or needs to notify the user of a potential issue, it may write to stderr\&. .sp -If it does not support the requested operation (e\&.g\&., a read\-only store), it should silently ignore the request\&. +If it does not support the requested operation (e\&.g\&., a read\-only store or generator), it should silently ignore the request\&. .sp If a helper receives any other operation, it should silently ignore the request\&. This leaves room for future operations to be added (older helpers will just ignore the new requests)\&. .SH "GIT" |