git-credential-cache - helper to temporarily store passwords in memory
git config credential.helper 'cache [options]'
GIT-CREDENTIAL-CAC(1) 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] 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/. Git 1.7.9.2 02/22/2012 GIT-CREDENTIAL-CAC(1)