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diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-credentials.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-credentials.txt index c1b42a40d3..75368f26ca 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/api-credentials.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/api-credentials.txt @@ -243,12 +243,15 @@ appended to its command line, which is one of: The details of the credential will be provided on the helper's stdin stream. The exact format is the same as the input/output format of the `git credential` plumbing command (see the section `INPUT/OUTPUT -FORMAT` in linkgit:git-credential[7] for a detailed specification). +FORMAT` in linkgit:git-credential[1] for a detailed specification). For a `get` operation, the helper should produce a list of attributes on stdout in the same format. A helper is free to produce a subset, or even no values at all if it has nothing useful to provide. Any provided -attributes will overwrite those already known about by Git. +attributes will overwrite those already known about by Git. If a helper +outputs a `quit` attribute with a value of `true` or `1`, no further +helpers will be consulted, nor will the user be prompted (if no +credential has been provided, the operation will then fail). For a `store` or `erase` operation, the helper's output is ignored. If it fails to perform the requested operation, it may complain to @@ -265,4 +268,4 @@ See also linkgit:gitcredentials[7] -linkgit:git-config[5] (See configuration variables `credential.*`) +linkgit:git-config[1] (See configuration variables `credential.*`) |