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| author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2025-02-03 16:12:33 -0800 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2025-02-03 16:12:33 -0800 |
| commit | e5a0d5d8bbeed7d0cb21533f9727591e110f50b8 (patch) | |
| tree | d832eac70fdd06842f431101c655390396fa05ce /Documentation/git-credential-cache.txt | |
| parent | 0cb454c0727efc1e7ef3ea23d7d6391a80769118 (diff) | |
| parent | bc204b742735ae06f65bb20291c95985c9633b7f (diff) | |
| download | git-e5a0d5d8bbeed7d0cb21533f9727591e110f50b8.tar.xz | |
Merge branch 'master' into ds/backfill
* master: (446 commits)
The seventh batch
The sixth batch
The fifth batch
The fourth batch
refs/reftable: fix uninitialized memory access of `max_index`
remote: announce removal of "branches/" and "remotes/"
The third batch
hash.h: drop unsafe_ function variants
csum-file: introduce hashfile_checkpoint_init()
t/helper/test-hash.c: use unsafe_hash_algo()
csum-file.c: use unsafe_hash_algo()
hash.h: introduce `unsafe_hash_algo()`
csum-file.c: extract algop from hashfile_checksum_valid()
csum-file: store the hash algorithm as a struct field
t/helper/test-tool: implement sha1-unsafe helper
trace2: prevent segfault on config collection with valueless true
refs: fix creation of reflog entries for symrefs
ci: wire up Visual Studio build with Meson
ci: raise error when Meson generates warnings
meson: fix compilation with Visual Studio
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-credential-cache.txt b/Documentation/git-credential-cache.txt index 487cc557a8..54fa7a27e1 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-credential-cache.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-credential-cache.txt @@ -78,6 +78,23 @@ variable (this example increases the cache time to 1 hour): $ git config credential.helper 'cache --timeout=3600' ------------------------------------------------------- +PERSONAL ACCESS TOKENS +---------------------- + +Some remotes accept personal access tokens, which are randomly +generated and hard to memorise. They typically have a lifetime of weeks +or months. + +git-credential-cache is inherently unsuitable for persistent storage of +personal access tokens. The credential will be forgotten after the cache +timeout. Even if you configure a long timeout, credentials will be +forgotten if the daemon dies. + +To avoid frequently regenerating personal access tokens, configure a +credential helper with persistent storage. Alternatively, configure an +OAuth credential helper to generate credentials automatically. See +linkgit:gitcredentials[7], sections "Available helpers" and "OAuth". + GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite |