From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E0BEC28CBC for ; Wed, 6 May 2020 16:28:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 206AF20A8B for ; Wed, 6 May 2020 16:28:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1729686AbgEFQ2A (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 May 2020 12:28:00 -0400 Received: from cloud.peff.net ([104.130.231.41]:39098 "HELO cloud.peff.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1729414AbgEFQ2A (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 May 2020 12:28:00 -0400 Received: (qmail 22955 invoked by uid 109); 6 May 2020 16:27:59 -0000 Received: from Unknown (HELO peff.net) (10.0.1.2) by cloud.peff.net (qpsmtpd/0.94) with SMTP; Wed, 06 May 2020 16:27:59 +0000 Authentication-Results: cloud.peff.net; auth=none Received: (qmail 8835 invoked by uid 111); 6 May 2020 16:27:59 -0000 Received: from coredump.intra.peff.net (HELO sigill.intra.peff.net) (10.0.0.2) by peff.net (qpsmtpd/0.94) with (TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 encrypted) ESMTPS; Wed, 06 May 2020 12:27:59 -0400 Authentication-Results: peff.net; auth=none Date: Wed, 6 May 2020 12:27:58 -0400 From: Jeff King To: "brian m. carlson" Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Carlo Marcelo Arenas =?utf-8?B?QmVsw7Nu?= Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs: document credential.helper allowed values Message-ID: <20200506162758.GC1275237@coredump.intra.peff.net> References: <20200505231226.1280264-1-sandals@crustytoothpaste.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20200505231226.1280264-1-sandals@crustytoothpaste.net> Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Tue, May 05, 2020 at 11:12:26PM +0000, brian m. carlson wrote: > gitcredentials(7) already mentions several possible invocations that one > can use as the value for credential.helper. However, many people are > not aware that there are other options than a simple credential helper > name, so let's place some explanatory text in the documentation for > credential.helper as well. > > We still refer the user to gitcredential(7) for additional explanations > and helpful examples. Yeah, this seems like an improvement to me. -Peff