From: M Hickford <mirth.hickford@xxxxxxxxx>
Link to community list of credential helpers. This is useful information
for users.
Describe how OAuth credential helpers work. OAuth is a user-friendly
alternative to personal access tokens and SSH keys. Reduced setup cost
makes it easier for users to contribute to projects across multiple
forges.
Signed-off-by: M Hickford <mirth.hickford@xxxxxxxxx>
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gitcredentials: link to list of helpers
Add link to list of helpers
Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-1538%2Fhickford%2Fhelpers-v3
Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-1538/hickford/helpers-v3
Pull-Request: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/pull/1538
Range-diff vs v2:
1: 26818290468 ! 1: a6265156eed doc: gitcredentials: link to helper list
@@ Documentation/gitcredentials.txt: $ git help credential-foo
+=== Available helpers
+
-+The community maintains a comprehensive
-+https://git-scm.com/doc/credential-helpers[list of Git credential helpers]
-+available.
++The community maintains a comprehensive list of Git credential helpers at
++https://git-scm.com/doc/credential-helpers.
+
+=== OAuth
+
Documentation/gitcredentials.txt | 11 +++++++++++
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/gitcredentials.txt b/Documentation/gitcredentials.txt
index 65d652dc40e..71dd19731af 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
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