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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-credential.txt | 12 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-credential.txt b/Documentation/git-credential.txt index afd5365255..53adee3203 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-credential.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-credential.txt @@ -140,3 +140,15 @@ Git understands the following attributes: `password`:: The credential's password, if we are asking it to be stored. + +`url`:: + + When this special attribute is read by `git credential`, the + value is parsed as a URL and treated as if its constituent parts + were read (e.g., `url=https://example.com` would behave as if + `protocol=https` and `host=example.com` had been provided). This + can help callers avoid parsing URLs themselves. Note that any + components which are missing from the URL (e.g., there is no + username in the example above) will be set to empty; if you want + to provide a URL and override some attributes, provide the URL + attribute first, followed by any overrides. |