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Extend documentation of core.askpass and GIT_ASKPASS.

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Signed-off-by: Knut Franke <k.franke@science-computing.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Knut Franke 2010-08-30 15:40:29 +02:00 committed by Junio C Hamano
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@ -453,8 +453,11 @@ core.excludesfile::
core.askpass::
Some commands (e.g. svn and http interfaces) that interactively
ask for a password can be told to use an external program given
via the value of this variable when it is set, and the
environment variable `GIT_ASKPASS` is not set.
via the value of this variable. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_ASKPASS'
environment variable. If not set, fall back to the value of the
'SSH_ASKPASS' environment variable or, failing that, a simple password
prompt. The external program shall be given a suitable prompt as
command line argument and write the password on its STDOUT.
core.editor::
Commands such as `commit` and `tag` that lets you edit

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Documentation/git.txt
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@ -634,6 +634,13 @@ Usually it is easier to configure any desired options through your
personal `.ssh/config` file. Please consult your ssh documentation
for further details.
'GIT_ASKPASS'::
If this environment variable is set, then git commands which need to
acquire passwords or passphrases (e.g. for HTTP or IMAP authentication)
will call this program with a suitable prompt as command line argument
and read the password from its STDOUT. See also the 'core.askpass'
option in linkgit:git-config[1].
'GIT_FLUSH'::
If this environment variable is set to "1", then commands such
as 'git blame' (in incremental mode), 'git rev-list', 'git log',