Merge branch 'jn/credential-doc-on-clear'

Doc update.

* jn/credential-doc-on-clear:
  credential doc: make multiple-helper behavior more prominent
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Junio C Hamano 2017-05-16 11:51:57 +09:00
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@ -101,16 +101,6 @@ $ git help credential-foo
$ git config --global credential.helper foo
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If there are multiple instances of the `credential.helper` configuration
variable, each helper will be tried in turn, and may provide a username,
password, or nothing. Once Git has acquired both a username and a
password, no more helpers will be tried.
If `credential.helper` is configured to the empty string, this resets
the helper list to empty (so you may override a helper set by a
lower-priority config file by configuring the empty-string helper,
followed by whatever set of helpers you would like).
CREDENTIAL CONTEXTS
-------------------
@ -162,6 +152,16 @@ helper::
shell (so, for example, setting this to `foo --option=bar` will execute
`git credential-foo --option=bar` via the shell. See the manual of
specific helpers for examples of their use.
+
If there are multiple instances of the `credential.helper` configuration
variable, each helper will be tried in turn, and may provide a username,
password, or nothing. Once Git has acquired both a username and a
password, no more helpers will be tried.
+
If `credential.helper` is configured to the empty string, this resets
the helper list to empty (so you may override a helper set by a
lower-priority config file by configuring the empty-string helper,
followed by whatever set of helpers you would like).
username::