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diff --git a/Documentation/git-credential-store.txt b/Documentation/git-credential-store.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..31093467d1 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/git-credential-store.txt @@ -0,0 +1,75 @@ +git-credential-store(1) +======================= + +NAME +---- +git-credential-store - helper to store credentials on disk + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +------------------- +git config credential.helper 'store [options]' +------------------- + +DESCRIPTION +----------- + +NOTE: Using this helper will store your passwords unencrypted on disk, +protected only by filesystem permissions. If this is not an acceptable +security tradeoff, try linkgit:git-credential-cache[1], or find a helper +that integrates with secure storage provided by your operating system. + +This command stores credentials indefinitely on disk for use by future +git programs. + +You probably don't want to invoke this command directly; it is meant to +be used as a credential helper by other parts of git. See +linkgit:gitcredentials[7] or `EXAMPLES` below. + +OPTIONS +------- + +--store=<path>:: + + Use `<path>` to store credentials. The file will have its + filesystem permissions set to prevent other users on the system + from reading it, but will not be encrypted or otherwise + protected. Defaults to `~/.git-credentials`. + +EXAMPLES +-------- + +The point of this helper is to reduce the number of times you must type +your username or password. For example: + +------------------------------------------ +$ git config credential.helper store +$ git push http://example.com/repo.git +Username: <type your username> +Password: <type your password> + +[several days later] +$ git push http://example.com/repo.git +[your credentials are used automatically] +------------------------------------------ + +STORAGE FORMAT +-------------- + +The `.git-credentials` file is stored in plaintext. Each credential is +stored on its own line as a URL like: + +------------------------------ +https://user:pass@example.com +------------------------------ + +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 +username (if we already have one) match, then the password is returned +to git. See the discussion of configuration in linkgit:gitcredentials[7] +for more information. + +GIT +--- +Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite |