git-credential-cache
(1)
Name
git-credential-cache - helper to temporarily store passwords
in memory
Synopsis
git config credential.helper 'cache [options]'
Description
Git Manual GIT-CREDENTIAL-CAC(1)
NAME
git-credential-cache - helper to temporarily store passwords
in memory
SYNOPSIS
git config credential.helper 'cache [options]'
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 domain socket, restricted to the
current user by filesystem permissions.
You probably don't want to invoke this command directly; it
is meant to be used as a credential helper by other parts of
git. See gitcredentials(5) or EXAMPLES below.
OPTIONS
--timeout <seconds>
Number of seconds to cache credentials (default: 900).
--socket <path>
Use <path> to contact a running cache daemon (or start a
new cache daemon if one is not started). Defaults to
~/.git-credential-cache/socket. If your home directory
is on a network-mounted filesystem, you may need to
change this to a local filesystem.
CONTROLLING THE DAEMON
If you would like the daemon to exit early, forgetting all
cached credentials before their timeout, you can issue an
exit action:
git credential-cache exit
EXAMPLES
The point of this helper is to reduce the number of times
you must type your username or password. For example:
$ git config credential.helper cache
$ git push http://example.com/repo.git
Username: <type your username>
Password: <type your password>
[work for 5 more minutes]
$ git push http://example.com/repo.git
[your credentials are used automatically]
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Git Manual GIT-CREDENTIAL-CAC(1)
You can provide options via the credential.helper
configuration variable (this example drops the cache time to
5 minutes):
$ git config credential.helper 'cache --timeout=300'
GIT
Part of the git(1) suite
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following
attributes:
+---------------+--------------------------+
|ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+---------------+--------------------------+
|Availability | developer/versioning/git |
+---------------+--------------------------+
|Stability | Uncommitted |
+---------------+--------------------------+
NOTES
This software was built from source available at
https://java.net/projects/solaris-userland. The original
community source was downloaded from http://git-
core.googlecode.com/files/git-1.7.9.2.tar.gz
Further information about this software can be found on the
open source community website at http://git-scm.com/.
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