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https://user:pass@example.com
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+No other kinds of lines (e.g. empty lines or comment lines) are
+allowed in the file, even though some may be silently ignored. Do
+not view or edit the file with editors.
+
When Git needs authentication for a particular URL context,
credential-store will consider that context a pattern to match against
each entry in the credentials file. If the protocol, hostname, and