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diff --git a/Documentation/gitcredentials.txt b/Documentation/gitcredentials.txt index 100f045bb1..71dd19731a 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitcredentials.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitcredentials.txt @@ -104,6 +104,17 @@ $ git help credential-foo $ git config --global credential.helper foo ------------------------------------------- +=== Available helpers + +The community maintains a comprehensive list of Git credential helpers at +https://git-scm.com/doc/credential-helpers. + +=== OAuth + +An alternative to inputting passwords or personal access tokens is to use an +OAuth credential helper. Initial authentication opens a browser window to the +host. Subsequent authentication happens in the background. Many popular Git +hosts support OAuth. CREDENTIAL CONTEXTS ------------------- @@ -260,7 +271,7 @@ appended to its command line, which is one of: `erase`:: - Remove a matching credential, if any, from the helper's storage. + Remove matching credentials, if any, from the helper's storage. The details of the credential will be provided on the helper's stdin stream. The exact format is the same as the input/output format of the |