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| author | Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com> | 2022-11-14 19:53:41 -0500 |
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| committer | Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com> | 2022-11-14 19:53:42 -0500 |
| commit | dc8be3971cbcd1ba47b476548e309493c0f9300c (patch) | |
| tree | de5297f5c3336bb5582ecfac337283e00d7e5e91 | |
| parent | Merge branch 'js/ci-set-output' (diff) | |
| parent | Documentation/gitcredentials.txt: mention password alternatives (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'mh/password-can-be-pat'
Documentation update to git-credential(1).
* mh/password-can-be-pat:
Documentation/gitcredentials.txt: mention password alternatives
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/gitcredentials.txt | 7 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/gitcredentials.txt b/Documentation/gitcredentials.txt index 80517b4eb2..6df50e8a14 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitcredentials.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitcredentials.txt @@ -17,9 +17,10 @@ DESCRIPTION Git will sometimes need credentials from the user in order to perform operations; for example, it may need to ask for a username and password -in order to access a remote repository over HTTP. This manual describes -the mechanisms Git uses to request these credentials, as well as some -features to avoid inputting these credentials repeatedly. +in order to access a remote repository over HTTP. Some remotes accept +a personal access token or OAuth access token as a password. This +manual describes the mechanisms Git uses to request these credentials, +as well as some features to avoid inputting these credentials repeatedly. REQUESTING CREDENTIALS ---------------------- |