diff --git a/contrib/credential/netrc/git-credential-netrc.perl b/contrib/credential/netrc/git-credential-netrc.perl
index bc57cc6588..9fb998ae09 100755
--- a/contrib/credential/netrc/git-credential-netrc.perl
+++ b/contrib/credential/netrc/git-credential-netrc.perl
@@ -356,7 +356,10 @@ sub read_credential_data_from_stdin {
 		next unless m/^([^=]+)=(.+)/;
 
 		my ($token, $value) = ($1, $2);
-		die "Unknown search token $token" unless exists $q{$token};
+
+		# skip any unknown tokens
+		next unless exists $q{$token};
+
 		$q{$token} = $value;
 		log_debug("We were given search token $token and value $value");
 	}
diff --git a/contrib/credential/osxkeychain/git-credential-osxkeychain.c b/contrib/credential/osxkeychain/git-credential-osxkeychain.c
index bf77748d60..e29cc28779 100644
--- a/contrib/credential/osxkeychain/git-credential-osxkeychain.c
+++ b/contrib/credential/osxkeychain/git-credential-osxkeychain.c
@@ -159,6 +159,11 @@ static void read_credential(void)
 			username = xstrdup(v);
 		else if (!strcmp(buf, "password"))
 			password = xstrdup(v);
+		/*
+		 * Ignore other lines; we don't know what they mean, but
+		 * this future-proofs us when later versions of git do
+		 * learn new lines, and the helpers are updated to match.
+		 */
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/contrib/credential/wincred/git-credential-wincred.c b/contrib/credential/wincred/git-credential-wincred.c
index 5091048f9c..ead6e267c7 100644
--- a/contrib/credential/wincred/git-credential-wincred.c
+++ b/contrib/credential/wincred/git-credential-wincred.c
@@ -278,8 +278,11 @@ static void read_credential(void)
 			wusername = utf8_to_utf16_dup(v);
 		} else if (!strcmp(buf, "password"))
 			password = utf8_to_utf16_dup(v);
-		else
-			die("unrecognized input");
+		/*
+		 * Ignore other lines; we don't know what they mean, but
+		 * this future-proofs us when later versions of git do
+		 * learn new lines, and the helpers are updated to match.
+		 */
 	}
 }