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authorLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2012-06-12 08:40:16 -0700
committerLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2012-06-12 08:40:16 -0700
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parentMerge branch 'jc/fmt-merge-msg-people' (diff)
parentapi-credential.txt: document that helpers field is filled-in automatically (diff)
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* mm/api-credentials-doc: api-credential.txt: document that helpers field is filled-in automatically
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@@ -65,7 +65,10 @@ Data Structures
The `helpers` member of the struct is a `string_list` of helpers. Each
string specifies an external helper which will be run, in order, to
either acquire or store credentials. See the section on credential
-helpers below.
+helpers below. This list is filled-in by the API functions
+according to the corresponding configuration variables before
+consulting helpers, so there usually is no need for a caller to
+modify the helpers field at all.
+
This struct should always be initialized with `CREDENTIAL_INIT` or
`credential_init`.