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Make git-credential-cache follow the XDG base path specification by default. This increases consistency with other applications and helps keep clutter out of users' home directories. Check the old socket location, ~/.git-credential-cache/, and use ~/.git-credential-cache/socket if that directory exists rather than forcing users who have used `git credential-cache` before to migrate to the new XDG compliant location. Otherwise use the socket $XDG_CACHE_HOME/git/credential/socket following XDG base path specification. Use the subdirectory credential/ in case other files are cached under $XDG_CACHE_HOME/git/ in the future and to make the socket's purpose clear. Signed-off-by: Devin Lehmacher <lehmacdj@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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git-credential-cache(1)
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NAME
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----
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git-credential-cache - Helper to temporarily store passwords in memory
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SYNOPSIS
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--------
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git config credential.helper 'cache [options]'
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DESCRIPTION
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This command caches credentials in memory for use by future Git
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programs. The stored credentials never touch the disk, and are forgotten
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after a configurable timeout. The cache is accessible over a Unix
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domain socket, restricted to the current user by filesystem permissions.
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You probably don't want to invoke this command directly; it is meant to
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be used as a credential helper by other parts of Git. See
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linkgit:gitcredentials[7] or `EXAMPLES` below.
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OPTIONS
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--timeout <seconds>::
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Number of seconds to cache credentials (default: 900).
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--socket <path>::
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Use `<path>` to contact a running cache daemon (or start a new
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cache daemon if one is not started).
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Defaults to `$XDG_CACHE_HOME/git/credential/socket` unless
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`~/.git-credential-cache/` exists in which case
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`~/.git-credential-cache/socket` is used instead.
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If your home directory is on a network-mounted filesystem, you
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may need to change this to a local filesystem. You must specify
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an absolute path.
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CONTROLLING THE DAEMON
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----------------------
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If you would like the daemon to exit early, forgetting all cached
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credentials before their timeout, you can issue an `exit` action:
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git credential-cache exit
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EXAMPLES
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--------
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The point of this helper is to reduce the number of times you must type
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your username or password. For example:
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$ git config credential.helper cache
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$ git push http://example.com/repo.git
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Username: <type your username>
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Password: <type your password>
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[work for 5 more minutes]
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$ git push http://example.com/repo.git
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[your credentials are used automatically]
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You can provide options via the credential.helper configuration
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variable (this example drops the cache time to 5 minutes):
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$ git config credential.helper 'cache --timeout=300'
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GIT
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---
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Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
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