Merge branch 'cb/credential-doc-fixes'

Minor in-code comments and documentation updates around credential
API.

* cb/credential-doc-fixes:
  credential: document protocol updates
  credential: update gitcredentials documentation
  credential: correct order of parameters for credential_match
  credential: update description for credential_from_url_gently

2 files changed, 39 insertions, 21 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/git-credential.txt b/Documentation/git-credential.txt
index 6f0c7ca80f..8d990e92fd 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-credential.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-credential.txt
@@ -103,17 +103,20 @@ INPUT/OUTPUT FORMAT
 `git credential` reads and/or writes (depending on the action used)
 credential information in its standard input/output. This information
 can correspond either to keys for which `git credential` will obtain
-the login/password information (e.g. host, protocol, path), or to the
-actual credential data to be obtained (login/password).
+the login information (e.g. host, protocol, path), or to the actual
+credential data to be obtained (username/password).
 
 The credential is split into a set of named attributes, with one
-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.
+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.
+
 In both cases, all bytes are treated as-is (i.e., there is no quoting,
 and one cannot transmit a value with newline or NUL in it). The list of
 attributes is terminated by a blank line or end-of-file.
+
 Git understands the following attributes:
 
 `protocol`::
@@ -123,7 +126,8 @@ Git understands the following attributes:
 
 `host`::
 
-	The remote hostname for a network credential.
+	The remote hostname for a network credential.  This includes
+	the port number if one was specified (e.g., "example.com:8088").
 
 `path`::
 
@@ -134,7 +138,7 @@ Git understands the following attributes:
 `username`::
 
 	The credential's username, if we already have one (e.g., from a
-	URL, from the user, or from a previously run helper).
+	URL, the configuration, the user, or from a previously run helper).
 
 `password`::
 
@@ -146,8 +150,12 @@ Git understands the following attributes:
 	value is parsed as a URL and treated as if its constituent parts
 	were read (e.g., `url=https://example.com` would behave as if
 	`protocol=https` and `host=example.com` had been provided). This
-	can help callers avoid parsing URLs themselves.  Note that any
-	components which are missing from the URL (e.g., there is no
-	username in the example above) will be set to empty; if you want
-	to provide a URL and override some attributes, provide the URL
-	attribute first, followed by any overrides.
+	can help callers avoid parsing URLs themselves.
+
+	Note that specifying a protocol is mandatory and if the URL
+	doesn't specify a hostname (e.g., "cert:///path/to/file") the
+	credential will contain a hostname attribute whose value is an
+	empty string.
+
+	Components which are missing from the URL (e.g., there is no
+	username in the example above) will be left unset.
diff --git a/Documentation/gitcredentials.txt b/Documentation/gitcredentials.txt
index 0d0f7149bd..9e481aec85 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitcredentials.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitcredentials.txt
@@ -268,16 +268,26 @@ For a `get` operation, the helper should produce a list of attributes on
 stdout in the same format (see linkgit:git-credential[1] for common
 attributes). A helper is free to produce a subset, or even no values at
 all if it has nothing useful to provide. Any provided attributes will
-overwrite those already known about by Git.  If a helper outputs a
-`quit` attribute with a value of `true` or `1`, no further helpers will
-be consulted, nor will the user be prompted (if no credential has been
-provided, the operation will then fail).
+overwrite those already known about by Git's credential subsystem.
+
+While it is possible to override all attributes, well behaving helpers
+should refrain from doing so for any attribute other than username and
+password.
+
+If a helper outputs a `quit` attribute with a value of `true` or `1`,
+no further helpers will be consulted, nor will the user be prompted
+(if no credential has been provided, the operation will then fail).
+
+Similarly, no more helpers will be consulted once both username and
+password had been provided.
 
 For a `store` or `erase` operation, the helper's output is ignored.
-If it fails to perform the requested operation, it may complain to
-stderr to inform the user. If it does not support the requested
-operation (e.g., a read-only store), it should silently ignore the
-request.
+
+If a helper fails to perform the requested operation or needs to notify
+the user of a potential issue, it may write to stderr.
+
+If it does not support the requested operation (e.g., a read-only store),
+it should silently ignore the request.
 
 If a helper receives any other operation, it should silently ignore the
 request. This leaves room for future operations to be added (older