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Name

git-credential-store - helper to store credentials on disk

Synopsis

git config credential.helper 'store [options]'

Description




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NAME
     git-credential-store - helper to store credentials on disk

SYNOPSIS
     git config credential.helper 'store [options]'


DESCRIPTION
         Note

         Using this helper will store your passwords unencrypted
         on disk, protected only by filesystem permissions. If
         this is not an acceptable security tradeoff, try git-
         credential-cache(1), or find a helper that integrates
         with secure storage provided by your operating system.

     This command stores credentials indefinitely on disk for use
     by future git programs.

     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
     --store=<path>
         Use <path> to store credentials. The file will have its
         filesystem permissions set to prevent other users on the
         system from reading it, but will not be encrypted or
         otherwise protected. Defaults to ~/.git-credentials.

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 store
         $ git push http://example.com/repo.git
         Username: <type your username>
         Password: <type your password>

         [several days later]
         $ git push http://example.com/repo.git
         [your credentials are used automatically]


STORAGE FORMAT
     The .git-credentials file is stored in plaintext. Each
     credential is stored on its own line as a URL like:

         https://user:pass@example.com


     When git needs authentication for a particular URL context,



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     credential-store will consider that context a pattern to
     match against each entry in the credentials file. If the
     protocol, hostname, and username (if we already have one)
     match, then the password is returned to git. See the
     discussion of configuration in gitcredentials(5) for more
     information.

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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