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| author | M Hickford <mirth.hickford@gmail.com> | 2023-01-28 20:13:34 +0000 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2023-01-29 09:21:07 -0800 |
| commit | 4f542975d1c0e78799359e1bd40e34972030a1cf (patch) | |
| tree | 9021dc0107bbff80a1cd3aa83fdc939ac899e8e4 /Documentation/git-credential-cache.txt | |
| parent | 844ede312b4e988881b6e27e352f469d8ab80b2a (diff) | |
| download | git-4f542975d1c0e78799359e1bd40e34972030a1cf.tar.gz | |
Documentation: clarify that cache forgets credentials if the system restarts
Signed-off-by: M Hickford <mirth.hickford@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-credential-cache.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-credential-cache.txt | 11 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-credential-cache.txt b/Documentation/git-credential-cache.txt index 432e159d95..f473994a86 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-credential-cache.txt +++ b/Documentation/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 |