From: "M Hickford via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail•com>
To: git@vger•kernel.org
Cc: M Hickford <mirth.hickford@gmail•com>,
M Hickford <mirth.hickford@gmail•com>
Subject: [PATCH] Documentation: clarify that cache forgets credentials if the system restarts
Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2022 08:23:14 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <pull.1447.git.1671610994375.gitgitgadget@gmail.com> (raw)
From: M Hickford <mirth.hickford@gmail•com>
Make it obvious to readers unfamiliar with Unix sockets.
Signed-off-by: M Hickford <mirth.hickford@gmail•com>
---
Documentation: clarify that cache forgets credentials if the system
restarts
Make it obvious to readers unfamiliar with Unix sockets.
Signed-off-by: M Hickford mirth.hickford@gmail•com
Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-1447%2Fhickford%2Fpatch-2-v1
Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-1447/hickford/patch-2-v1
Pull-Request: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/pull/1447
Documentation/git-credential-cache.txt | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-credential-cache.txt b/Documentation/git-credential-cache.txt
index 432e159d952..83fb4d4c4dc 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-credential-cache.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-credential-cache.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ DESCRIPTION
This command caches credentials in memory for use by future Git
programs. The stored credentials never touch the disk, and are forgotten
-after a configurable timeout. The cache is accessible over a Unix
+after a configurable timeout. Credentials are forgotten sooner if you
+log out or the system restarts. The cache is accessible over a Unix
domain socket, restricted to the current user by filesystem permissions.
You probably don't want to invoke this command directly; it is meant to
base-commit: 7c2ef319c52c4997256f5807564523dfd4acdfc7
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next reply other threads:[~2022-12-21 8:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-12-21 8:23 M Hickford via GitGitGadget [this message]
2022-12-21 11:15 ` [PATCH] Documentation: clarify that cache forgets credentials if the system restarts Junio C Hamano
2022-12-22 2:41 ` Jeff King
2023-01-28 20:08 ` M Hickford
2022-12-21 22:09 ` brian m. carlson
2023-01-28 20:09 ` [PATCH v2] " M Hickford via GitGitGadget
2023-01-28 20:13 ` [PATCH v3] " M Hickford via GitGitGadget
2023-01-29 6:48 ` Jeff King
2023-01-29 17:26 ` Junio C Hamano
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