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diff --git a/Documentation/git-credential.txt b/Documentation/git-credential.txt index f63a8e0458..4bbf2db9ca 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-credential.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-credential.txt @@ -111,7 +111,9 @@ attribute per line. Each attribute is specified by a key-value pair, 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. +contain any bytes except newline or NUL. A line, including the trailing +newline, may not exceed 65535 bytes in order to allow implementations to +parse efficiently. Attributes with keys that end with C-style array brackets `[]` can have multiple values. Each instance of a multi-valued attribute forms an |