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[PATCH 2/2] RelNotes: improve wording of credential helper notes

From
Todd Zullinger <tmz@pobox.com>
Date
Nov 3, 2023, 14:17 UTC
Message-ID
<20231103141759.864875-3-tmz@pobox.com>
In-Reply-To
<20231103141759.864875-1-tmz@pobox.com>

Offer a slightly more verbose description of the issue fixed by 7144dee3ec (credential/libsecret: erase matching creds only, 2023-07-26) and cb626f8e5c (credential/wincred: erase matching creds only, 2023-07-26).

Signed-off-by: Todd Zullinger <tmz@pobox.com>
---
I had trouble parsing the original.  Hopefully this is an improvement. :)
 Documentation/RelNotes/2.43.0.txt | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.43.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.43.0.txt
index e66d691f4e..6db6865861 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.43.0.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.43.0.txt
@@ -37,8 +37,9 @@ UI, Workflows & Features
    oath token and password expiration data) are stored in libsecret
    keyrings has been rethought.
 
- * Update two credential helpers to correctly match which credential
-   to erase; they dropped not the ones with stale password.
+ * Update the libsecret and wincred credential helpers to correctly
+   match which credential to erase; they erased the wrong entry in
+   some cases.
 
  * Git GUI updates.
 
-- 
2.43.0.rc0
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  1. 0/2 RelNotes: minor changes in 2.43.0 draftTodd Zullinger, Nov 3, 2023
  2. 1/2 RelNotes: minor typo fixes in 2.43.0 draftTodd Zullinger, Nov 3, 2023
  3. 2/2 RelNotes: improve wording of credential helper notesTodd Zullinger, Nov 3, 2023
  4. Junio C HamanoNov 7, 2023

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