From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Cc: M Hickford via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>,
git@vger.kernel.org,
"brian m. carlson" <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>,
M Hickford <mirth.hickford@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] Documentation: clarify that cache forgets credentials if the system restarts
Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2023 09:26:41 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqfsbt6ylq.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Y9YWruI4CdbJ9Rjn@coredump.intra.peff.net> (Jeff King's message of "Sun, 29 Jan 2023 01:48:14 -0500")
Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
> On Sat, Jan 28, 2023 at 08:13:34PM +0000, M Hickford via GitGitGadget wrote:
>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/git-credential-cache.txt b/Documentation/git-credential-cache.txt
>> index 432e159d952..f473994a864 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/git-credential-cache.txt
>> +++ b/Documentation/git-credential-cache.txt
>> @@ -14,10 +14,13 @@ 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.
>> +This command caches credentials for use by future Git programs.
>> +The stored credentials are kept in memory of the cache-daemon
>> +process (instead of written to a file) and are forgotten after a
>> +configurable timeout. Credentials are forgotten sooner if the
>> +cache-daemon dies, for example if the system restarts. The cache
>> +is accessible over a Unix domain socket, restricted to the current
>> +user by filesystem permissions.
>
> This version looks good to me.
Yup, it looks good to me, too. Thanks, all.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-01-29 17:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-12-21 8:23 [PATCH] Documentation: clarify that cache forgets credentials if the system restarts M Hickford via GitGitGadget
2022-12-21 11:15 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-12-22 2:41 ` Jeff King
2023-01-28 20:08 ` M Hickford
2022-12-21 22:09 ` brian m. carlson
2023-01-28 20:09 ` [PATCH v2] " M Hickford via GitGitGadget
2023-01-28 20:13 ` [PATCH v3] " M Hickford via GitGitGadget
2023-01-29 6:48 ` Jeff King
2023-01-29 17:26 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
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