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| author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2020-03-05 10:43:02 -0800 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2020-03-05 10:43:02 -0800 |
| commit | 2cbb0586697585995908c325a0c70aad37602274 (patch) | |
| tree | 829da1f1b35211523f214783fc6350a37f62d38d /Documentation/gitcredentials.txt | |
| parent | 25063e2530e2fbdccf5d372a8ad80309421c9df1 (diff) | |
| parent | 46fd7b390034eb5dde6a3f955e677c5260e4d10c (diff) | |
| download | git-2cbb0586697585995908c325a0c70aad37602274.tar.gz | |
Merge branch 'bc/wildcard-credential'
A configuration element used for credential subsystem can now use
wildcard pattern to specify for which set of URLs the entry
applies.
* bc/wildcard-credential:
credential: allow wildcard patterns when matching config
credential: use the last matching username in the config
t0300: add tests for some additional cases
t1300: add test for urlmatch with multiple wildcards
mailmap: add an additional email address for brian m. carlson
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/gitcredentials.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/gitcredentials.txt | 4 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/gitcredentials.txt b/Documentation/gitcredentials.txt index 5b9d14fb1f..1814d2d23c 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitcredentials.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitcredentials.txt @@ -131,7 +131,9 @@ context would not match: because the hostnames differ. Nor would it match `foo.example.com`; Git compares hostnames exactly, without considering whether two hosts are part of the same domain. Likewise, a config entry for `http://example.com` would not -match: Git compares the protocols exactly. +match: Git compares the protocols exactly. However, you may use wildcards in +the domain name and other pattern matching techniques as with the `http.<url>.*` +options. If the "pattern" URL does include a path component, then this too must match exactly: the context `https://example.com/bar/baz.git` will match a config |