From 7fd54b6238e5802147a5ca259c3b5e6b8e06471d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: M Hickford Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2022 07:57:48 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] docs: clarify that credential discards unrecognised attributes It was previously unclear how unrecognised attributes are handled. Signed-off-by: M Hickford Signed-off-by: Taylor Blau --- Documentation/git-credential.txt | 2 ++ Documentation/gitcredentials.txt | 1 + 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/git-credential.txt b/Documentation/git-credential.txt index f18673017f..ac2818b9f6 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-credential.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-credential.txt @@ -160,6 +160,8 @@ empty string. Components which are missing from the URL (e.g., there is no username in the example above) will be left unset. +Unrecognised attributes are silently discarded. + GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/gitcredentials.txt b/Documentation/gitcredentials.txt index 80517b4eb2..e856e3c833 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitcredentials.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitcredentials.txt @@ -269,6 +269,7 @@ stdout in the same format (see linkgit:git-credential[1] for common attributes). A helper is free to produce a subset, or even no values at all if it has nothing useful to provide. Any provided attributes will overwrite those already known about by Git's credential subsystem. +Unrecognised attributes are silently discarded. While it is possible to override all attributes, well behaving helpers should refrain from doing so for any attribute other than username and