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| author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2023-07-18 07:28:52 -0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2023-07-18 07:28:52 -0700 |
| commit | d6e67222c103783616912c26c9906b8167c39ab8 (patch) | |
| tree | 5f769f92497fb1e6f0d533712bdd6107053cf675 | |
| parent | The eleventh batch (diff) | |
| parent | doc: gitcredentials: link to helper list (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'mh/doc-credential-helpers'
Doc update.
* mh/doc-credential-helpers:
doc: gitcredentials: link to helper list
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/gitcredentials.txt | 11 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/gitcredentials.txt b/Documentation/gitcredentials.txt index 65d652dc40..71dd19731a 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitcredentials.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitcredentials.txt @@ -104,6 +104,17 @@ $ git help credential-foo $ git config --global credential.helper foo ------------------------------------------- +=== Available helpers + +The community maintains a comprehensive list of Git credential helpers at +https://git-scm.com/doc/credential-helpers. + +=== OAuth + +An alternative to inputting passwords or personal access tokens is to use an +OAuth credential helper. Initial authentication opens a browser window to the +host. Subsequent authentication happens in the background. Many popular Git +hosts support OAuth. CREDENTIAL CONTEXTS ------------------- |