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diff --git a/Documentation/gitcredentials.txt b/Documentation/gitcredentials.txt index 1c75be0803..f970196bc1 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitcredentials.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitcredentials.txt @@ -101,11 +101,6 @@ $ git help credential-foo $ git config --global credential.helper foo ------------------------------------------- -If there are multiple instances of the `credential.helper` configuration -variable, each helper will be tried in turn, and may provide a username, -password, or nothing. Once Git has acquired both a username and a -password, no more helpers will be tried. - CREDENTIAL CONTEXTS ------------------- @@ -157,6 +152,16 @@ helper:: shell (so, for example, setting this to `foo --option=bar` will execute `git credential-foo --option=bar` via the shell. See the manual of specific helpers for examples of their use. ++ +If there are multiple instances of the `credential.helper` configuration +variable, each helper will be tried in turn, and may provide a username, +password, or nothing. Once Git has acquired both a username and a +password, no more helpers will be tried. ++ +If `credential.helper` is configured to the empty string, this resets +the helper list to empty (so you may override a helper set by a +lower-priority config file by configuring the empty-string helper, +followed by whatever set of helpers you would like). username:: |