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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/gitcredentials.txt | 15 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/gitcredentials.txt b/Documentation/gitcredentials.txt index 1814d2d23c..8127dfcd2f 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitcredentials.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitcredentials.txt @@ -216,20 +216,25 @@ Here are some example specifications: ---------------------------------------------------- # run "git credential-foo" -foo +[credential] + helper = foo # same as above, but pass an argument to the helper -foo --bar=baz +[credential] + helper = "foo --bar=baz" # the arguments are parsed by the shell, so use shell # quoting if necessary -foo --bar="whitespace arg" +[credential] + helper = "foo --bar='whitespace arg'" # you can also use an absolute path, which will not use the git wrapper -/path/to/my/helper --with-arguments +[credential] + helper = "/path/to/my/helper --with-arguments" # or you can specify your own shell snippet -!f() { echo "password=`cat $HOME/.secret`"; }; f +[credential] + helper = "!f() { echo \"password=$(cat $HOME/.secret)\"; }; f" ---------------------------------------------------- Generally speaking, rule (3) above is the simplest for users to specify. |