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Previously, git-credential-store only supported storing credentials in a single file: ~/.git-credentials. In order to support the XDG base directory specification[1], git-credential-store needs to be able to lookup and erase credentials from multiple files, as well as to pick the appropriate file to write to so that the credentials can be found on subsequent lookups. [1] http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-0.7.html Note that some credential storage files may not be owned, readable or writable by the user, as they may be system-wide files that are meant to apply to every user. Instead of a single file path, lookup_credential(), remove_credential() and store_credential() now take a precedence-ordered string_list of file paths. lookup_credential() expects both user-specific and system-wide credential files to be provided to support the use case of system administrators setting default credentials for users. remove_credential() and store_credential() expect only the user-specific credential files to be provided as usually the only config files that users are allowed to edit are their own user-specific ones. lookup_credential() will read these (user-specific and system-wide) file paths in order until it finds the 1st matching credential and print it. As some files may be private and thus unreadable, any file which cannot be read will be ignored silently. remove_credential() will erase credentials from all (user-specific) files in the list. This is because if credentials are only erased from the file with the highest precedence, a matching credential may still be found in a file further down the list. (Note that due to the lockfile code, this requires the directory to be writable, which should be so for user-specific config files) store_credential() will write the credentials to the first existing (user-specific) file in the list. If none of the files in the list exist, store_credential() will write to the filename specified by the first item of the filename list. For backwards compatibility, this filename should be "~/.git-credentials". Helped-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@grenoble-inp.fr> Helped-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> Helped-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Paul Tan <pyokagan@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Git - the stupid content tracker
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"git" can mean anything, depending on your mood.
- random three-letter combination that is pronounceable, and not
actually used by any common UNIX command. The fact that it is a
mispronunciation of "get" may or may not be relevant.
- stupid. contemptible and despicable. simple. Take your pick from the
dictionary of slang.
- "global information tracker": you're in a good mood, and it actually
works for you. Angels sing, and a light suddenly fills the room.
- "goddamn idiotic truckload of sh*t": when it breaks
Git is a fast, scalable, distributed revision control system with an
unusually rich command set that provides both high-level operations
and full access to internals.
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Please read the file INSTALL for installation instructions.
See Documentation/gittutorial.txt to get started, then see
Documentation/giteveryday.txt for a useful minimum set of commands, and
Documentation/git-commandname.txt for documentation of each command.
If git has been correctly installed, then the tutorial can also be
read with "man gittutorial" or "git help tutorial", and the
documentation of each command with "man git-commandname" or "git help
commandname".
CVS users may also want to read Documentation/gitcvs-migration.txt
("man gitcvs-migration" or "git help cvs-migration" if git is
installed).
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