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Subject: [PATCH] RelNotes/2.49.0: improve a description

From
M Hickford <mirth.hickford@gmail.com>
Date
Jan 24, 2025, 22:16 UTC
Message-ID
<13c7a38b-20b4-46db-87fa-3ed10ebe4ada@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/RelNotes/2.49.0.txt | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.49.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.49.0.txt
index bc82217584..af76f07d81 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.49.0.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.49.0.txt
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ Fixes since v2.48
    using Python's http.server class, which has been corrected.
    (merge 76baf97fa1 ak/instaweb-python-port-binding-fix later to maint).

- * Document that it is insecure to use Personal Access Tokens, which
-   some hosting providers take as username/password, embedded in URLs.
+ * Document popular credential helpers. Explain why credential-cache is
+   unsuitable to store Personal Access Tokens.
    (merge a90ff409f0 mh/doc-credential-helpers-with-pat later to maint).

  * Other code cleanup, docfix, build fix, etc.
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  1. M HickfordJan 24, 2025

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