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Name

git-credential-cache - helper to temporarily store passwords in memory

Synopsis

git config credential.helper 'cache [options]'

Description




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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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     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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