Re: gitconfig - interaction between credential.helper and includeIf

From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Jun 25, 2024, 13:20 UTC
Message-ID: <20240625132001.GA535756@coredump.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <CAF4erGWF+Lx=K09yFhd_abC2M5b5Ab0vM2uehkdVmridmsHqDg@mail.gmail.com>

On Mon, Jun 24, 2024 at 10:59:33PM -0700, Ryan Vu wrote:

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> I created the following files:
> 
> ``` ~/workspace/.gitconfig-workspace
> [credential]
>     helper = store --file ~/workspace/.git-credentials-workspace
> ```
> 
> ``` ~/.gitconfig
> [credential]
>     helper = store
> [includeIf "gitdir:~/workspace/"]
>     path = ~/workspace/.gitconfig-workspace
> ```

credential.helper is a multi-valued config key that forms a list, and Git will try each one in sequence. So in your ~/workspace repositories, you've configured _two_ helpers: a vanilla "store" and one with the --file option.

You can reset the list with an empty string. So putting:

  [credential]
  helper =
  helper = store --file ~/workspace/.git-credentials-workspace

in your .gitconfig-workspace would do what you want.

-Peff