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Jonathan Nieder 515360f9e9 credential doc: make multiple-helper behavior more prominent 
Git's configuration system works by reading multiple configuration
files in order, from general to specific:

 - first, the system configuration /etc/gitconfig
 - then the user's configuration (~/.gitconfig or ~/.config/git/config)
 - then the repository configuration (.git/config)

For single-valued configuration items, the latest value wins.  For
multi-valued configuration items, values accumulate in that order.

For example, this allows setting a credential helper globally in
~/.gitconfig that git will try to use in all repositories, regardless
of whether they additionally provide another helper.  This is usually
a nice thing --- e.g. I can install helpers to use my OS keychain and
to cache credentials for a short period of time globally.

Sometimes people want to be able to override an inherited setting.
For the credential.helper setting, this is done by setting the
configuration item to empty before giving it a new value.  This is
already documented but the documentation is hard to find ---
git-config(1) says to look at gitcredentials(7) and the config
reference in gitcredentials(7) doesn't mention this issue.

Move the documentation to the config reference to make it easier to
find.

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
 		2017-05-02 10:58:06 +09:00
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RelNotes Git 2.11.1 2017-02-02 13:21:27 -08:00
howto Merge branch 'po/fix-doc-merge-base-illustration' into maint 2016-10-28 09:01:21 -07:00
technical documentation: retire unfinished documentation 2017-01-19 12:18:43 -08:00
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CodingGuidelines CodingGuidelines: clarify multi-line brace style 2017-01-17 14:32:47 -08:00
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diff-heuristic-options.txt blame: honor the diff heuristic options and config 2016-09-19 10:25:11 -07:00
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fmt-merge-msg-config.txt Documentation: include 'merge.branchdesc' for merge and config as well 2015-05-28 12:38:46 -07:00
git-add.txt add: document the chmod option 2016-09-12 15:03:32 -07:00
git-am.txt Merge branch 'mm/doc-tt' 2016-07-13 11:24:14 -07:00
git-annotate.txt blame: honor the diff heuristic options and config 2016-09-19 10:25:11 -07:00
git-apply.txt git-apply.txt: mention the behavior inside a subdir 2016-03-24 10:16:52 -07:00
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git-bisect-lk2009.txt doc: more consistency in environment variables format 2016-06-08 12:04:37 -07:00
git-bisect.txt Merge branch 'ad/bisect-terms' into maint 2017-01-31 13:32:10 -08:00
git-blame.txt Merge branch 'jc/blame-reverse' 2016-10-10 14:03:51 -07:00
git-branch.txt doc: typeset HEAD and variants as literal 2016-06-28 08:36:45 -07:00
git-bundle.txt transport: drop support for git-over-rsync 2016-02-01 13:07:41 -08:00
git-cat-file.txt cat-file: support --textconv/--filters in batch mode 2016-09-11 14:48:15 -07:00
git-check-attr.txt usage: do not insist that standard input must come from a file 2015-10-16 15:27:52 -07:00
git-check-ignore.txt Documentation: fix linkgit references 2016-05-09 15:44:14 -07:00
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git-check-ref-format.txt git-check-ref-format.txt: fixup documentation 2016-09-21 11:12:41 -07:00
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git-checkout.txt checkout.txt: document a common case that ignores ambiguation rules 2016-09-21 08:44:41 -07:00
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git-clean.txt doc: typeset short command-line options as literal 2016-06-28 08:20:52 -07:00
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git-commit-tree.txt Merge branch 'mm/doc-tt' into maint 2016-07-28 11:25:54 -07:00
git-commit.txt Merge branch 'ak/commit-only-allow-empty' into maint 2017-01-17 15:11:03 -08:00
git-config.txt Merge branch 'dg/document-git-c-in-git-config-doc' into maint 2016-09-08 21:35:56 -07:00
git-count-objects.txt count-objects: report alternates via verbose mode 2016-10-10 13:52:37 -07:00
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git-credential-cache.txt credential-cache--daemon: disallow relative socket path 2016-02-23 12:56:27 -08:00
git-credential-store.txt doc: typeset long command-line options as literal 2016-06-28 08:36:45 -07:00
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git-cvsimport.txt Merge branch 'jk/doc-cvs-update' into maint 2016-10-03 13:22:25 -07:00
git-cvsserver.txt doc: typeset HEAD and variants as literal 2016-06-28 08:36:45 -07:00
git-daemon.txt doc: typeset HEAD and variants as literal 2016-06-28 08:36:45 -07:00
git-describe.txt doc: typeset long command-line options as literal 2016-06-28 08:36:45 -07:00
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git-fast-import.txt Merge branch 'mm/doc-tt' 2016-07-13 11:24:14 -07:00
git-fetch-pack.txt upload-pack: optionally allow fetching any sha1 2016-11-18 13:06:14 -08:00
git-fetch.txt Merge branch 'mm/push-social-engineering-attack-doc' into maint 2017-01-17 15:19:10 -08:00
git-filter-branch.txt doc: typeset '--' as literal 2016-06-28 08:36:45 -07:00
git-fmt-merge-msg.txt Documentation/fmt-merge-msg: fix markup in example 2016-10-28 05:51:51 -07:00
git-for-each-ref.txt doc: typeset long command-line options as literal 2016-06-28 08:36:45 -07:00
git-format-patch.txt format-patch: add "--rfc" for the common case of [RFC PATCH] 2016-09-21 08:58:10 -07:00
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git-fsck.txt fsck: optionally show more helpful info for broken links 2016-07-18 15:15:59 -07:00
git-gc.txt Merge branch 'mm/gc-safety-doc' into maint 2017-01-17 15:19:11 -08:00
git-get-tar-commit-id.txt usage: do not insist that standard input must come from a file 2015-10-16 15:27:52 -07:00
git-grep.txt doc: typeset long command-line options as literal 2016-06-28 08:36:45 -07:00
git-gui.txt doc: typeset HEAD and variants as literal 2016-06-28 08:36:45 -07:00
git-hash-object.txt usage: do not insist that standard input must come from a file 2015-10-16 15:27:52 -07:00
git-help.txt doc: typeset long command-line options as literal 2016-06-28 08:36:45 -07:00
git-http-backend.txt doc: more consistency in environment variables format 2016-06-08 12:04:37 -07:00
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git-http-push.txt doc: typeset long command-line options as literal 2016-06-28 08:36:45 -07:00
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git-index-pack.txt index-pack: add --max-input-size=<size> option 2016-08-24 12:31:05 -07:00
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git-init.txt Merge branch 'tr/doc-tt' into maint 2016-07-06 13:06:34 -07:00
git-instaweb.txt doc: change configuration variables format 2016-06-08 12:04:55 -07:00
git-interpret-trailers.txt doc: mention user-configured trailers 2016-11-21 12:49:57 -08:00
git-log.txt Merge branch 'mj/log-show-signature-conf' 2016-07-11 10:31:08 -07:00
git-ls-files.txt ls-files: add pathspec matching for submodules 2016-10-10 12:14:58 -07:00
git-ls-remote.txt ls-remote: add support for showing symrefs 2016-01-19 10:07:56 -08:00
git-ls-tree.txt doc: typeset HEAD and variants as literal 2016-06-28 08:36:45 -07:00
git-mailinfo.txt Merge branch 'va/mailinfo-doc-typofix' into maint 2016-05-26 13:17:14 -07:00
git-mailsplit.txt mailsplit: support unescaping mboxrd messages 2016-06-06 11:14:43 -07:00
git-merge-base.txt doc: fix merge-base ASCII art tab spacing 2016-10-21 09:46:48 -07:00
git-merge-file.txt merge-file: clamp exit code to maximum 127 2015-10-29 12:10:23 -07:00
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git-merge.txt pull: pass --allow-unrelated-histories to "git merge" 2016-04-21 11:58:51 -07:00
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git-mergetool.txt mergetool: honor -O<orderfile> 2016-10-11 10:04:31 -07:00
git-mktag.txt usage: do not insist that standard input must come from a file 2015-10-16 15:27:52 -07:00
git-mktree.txt doc: typeset short command-line options as literal 2016-06-28 08:20:52 -07:00
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git-notes.txt doc: typeset short command-line options as literal 2016-06-28 08:20:52 -07:00
git-p4.txt Merge branch 'mm/doc-tt' into maint 2016-07-28 11:25:54 -07:00
git-pack-objects.txt document git-repack interaction of pack.threads and pack.windowMemory 2016-08-10 10:55:13 -07:00
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git-patch-id.txt usage: do not insist that standard input must come from a file 2015-10-16 15:27:52 -07:00
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git-prune.txt worktree: new place for "git prune --worktrees" 2015-06-29 08:48:44 -07:00
git-pull.txt Merge branch 'mm/push-social-engineering-attack-doc' into maint 2017-01-17 15:19:10 -08:00
git-push.txt Merge branch 'mm/push-social-engineering-attack-doc' into maint 2017-01-17 15:19:10 -08:00
git-quiltimport.txt doc: more consistency in environment variables format 2016-06-08 12:04:37 -07:00
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git-rebase.txt Merge branch 'mm/doc-tt' into maint 2016-07-28 11:25:54 -07:00
git-receive-pack.txt receive-pack: allow a maximum input size to be specified 2016-08-24 12:31:05 -07:00
git-reflog.txt git-reflog: add exists command 2015-07-21 14:08:14 -07:00
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git-remote-fd.txt Spelling fixes 2016-08-11 14:35:42 -07:00
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git-remote.txt doc: typeset long command-line options as literal 2016-06-28 08:36:45 -07:00
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git-replace.txt doc: change environment variables format 2016-06-08 12:04:37 -07:00
git-request-pull.txt doc: show usage of branch description 2015-09-14 12:50:33 -07:00
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git-rev-parse.txt rev-parse --parseopt: allow [*=?!] in argument hints 2015-07-15 10:30:54 -07:00
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git-send-email.txt Merge branch 'mm/doc-tt' into maint 2016-07-28 11:25:54 -07:00
git-send-pack.txt doc: typeset long command-line options as literal 2016-06-28 08:36:45 -07:00
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git-sh-setup.txt doc: more consistency in environment variables format 2016-06-08 12:04:37 -07:00
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git-show-index.txt usage: do not insist that standard input must come from a file 2015-10-16 15:27:52 -07:00
git-show-ref.txt doc: typeset long command-line options as literal 2016-06-28 08:36:45 -07:00
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git-submodule.txt submodules doc: update documentation for "." used for submodule branches 2016-10-19 14:58:53 -07:00
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git-tools.txt Documentation/git-tools: retire manually-maintained list 2015-07-28 13:21:59 -07:00
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git-upload-archive.txt Documentation: match underline with the text 2015-10-22 10:16:12 -07:00
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git-verify-commit.txt Merge branch 'dn/gpg-doc' into maint 2016-07-06 13:06:36 -07:00
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git-verify-tag.txt verify-tag: add option to print raw gpg status information 2015-06-22 14:20:47 -07:00
git-web--browse.txt doc: typeset long command-line options as literal 2016-06-28 08:36:45 -07:00
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git-worktree.txt Merge branch 'nd/worktree-lock' into maint 2016-11-29 13:28:02 -08:00
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git.txt Almost ready for 2.11.1 2017-01-17 15:19:11 -08:00
gitattributes.txt docs: warn about possible '=' in clean/smudge filter process values 2016-12-06 11:29:52 -08:00
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gitcore-tutorial.txt doc: omit needless "for" 2016-12-09 15:14:01 -08:00
gitcredentials.txt credential doc: make multiple-helper behavior more prominent 2017-05-02 10:58:06 +09:00
gitcvs-migration.txt docs/cvs-migration: mention cvsimport caveats 2016-09-22 11:23:45 -07:00
gitdiffcore.txt doc: typeset long command-line options as literal 2016-06-28 08:36:45 -07:00
giteveryday.txt Documentation/everyday: match undefline with the text 2015-10-22 10:14:44 -07:00
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githooks.txt push options: {pre,post}-receive hook learns about push options 2016-07-14 15:50:17 -07:00
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gitmodules.txt Merge branch 'bw/submodule-branch-dot-doc' into maint 2016-10-28 09:01:19 -07:00
gitnamespaces.txt doc: mention transfer data leaks in more places 2016-11-14 11:23:07 -08:00
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gitrepository-layout.txt doc: fix location of 'info/' with $GIT_COMMON_DIR 2016-11-11 09:37:33 -08:00
gitrevisions.txt doc: gitrevisions - clarify 'latter case' is revision walk 2016-08-13 19:36:44 -07:00
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gittutorial.txt transport: drop support for git-over-rsync 2016-02-01 13:07:41 -08:00
gitweb.conf.txt gitweb: use highlight's shebang detection 2016-09-25 16:39:11 -07:00
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merge-options.txt Merge branch 'kf/gpg-sig-verification-doc' 2016-05-17 14:38:39 -07:00
merge-strategies.txt merge-strategies.txt: fix typo 2016-02-22 10:42:52 -08:00
pretty-formats.txt Merge branch 'rs/pretty-format-color-doc-fix' into maint 2016-10-28 09:01:23 -07:00
pretty-options.txt Merge branch 'tr/doc-tt' into maint 2016-07-06 13:06:34 -07:00
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transfer-data-leaks.txt doc: mention transfer data leaks in more places 2016-11-14 11:23:07 -08:00
urls-remotes.txt Documentation: match underline with the text 2015-10-22 10:16:12 -07:00
urls.txt transport: drop support for git-over-rsync 2016-02-01 13:07:41 -08:00
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