The name of the configuration variable was mentioned only at the very
end of the explanation, in a place specific to a specific rule, hence it
was not very clear what the specification was about.
Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@xxxxxxx>
---
Added "and others" with a link to git-config(1), for completeness.
Documentation/technical/api-credentials.txt | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-credentials.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-credentials.txt
index 2d6e811..969a1ff 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/api-credentials.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/api-credentials.txt
@@ -179,8 +179,10 @@ credentials from and to long-term storage (where "long-term" is simply
longer than a single git process; e.g., credentials may be stored
in-memory for a few minutes, or indefinitely on disk).
-Each helper is specified by a single string. The string is transformed
-by git into a command to be executed using these rules:
+Each helper is specified by a single string in the configuration
+variable `credential.helper` (and others, see
+linkgit:../git-config[1]). The string is transformed by git into a
+command to be executed using these rules:
1. If the helper string begins with "!", it is considered a shell
snippet, and everything after the "!" becomes the command.
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1.7.11.rc0.57.g84a04c7
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