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diff --git a/Documentation/git-credential-store.txt b/Documentation/git-credential-store.txt index 31093467d1..bc97071e76 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-credential-store.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-credential-store.txt @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-credential-store(1) NAME ---- -git-credential-store - helper to store credentials on disk +git-credential-store - Helper to store credentials on disk SYNOPSIS -------- @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ 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. +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 @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ linkgit:gitcredentials[7] or `EXAMPLES` below. OPTIONS ------- ---store=<path>:: +--file=<path>:: Use `<path>` to store credentials. The file will have its filesystem permissions set to prevent other users on the system @@ -63,11 +63,11 @@ stored on its own line as a URL like: https://user:pass@example.com ------------------------------ -When git needs authentication for a particular URL context, +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] +to Git. See the discussion of configuration in linkgit:gitcredentials[7] for more information. GIT |