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[PATCH] doc: fix quoting bug in credential cache example

From
Ddouglas.fuller@gmail.com <douglas.fuller@gmail.com>
Date
Apr 30, 2020, 14:36 UTC
Message-ID
<63f35287c9ced4d674f938bedd439aefa6c46f41.camel@gmail.com>

Unquoted semicolons are considered shell argument separators, quote them so the example works correctly.

Signed-off-by: Douglas Fuller <douglas.fuller@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/gitcredentials.txt | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/gitcredentials.txt
b/Documentation/gitcredentials.txt
index 1814d2d23c..fb16c71cfe 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitcredentials.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitcredentials.txt
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ foo --bar="whitespace arg"
 /path/to/my/helper --with-arguments
 
 # or you can specify your own shell snippet
-!f() { echo "password=`cat $HOME/.secret`"; }; f
+"!f() { echo password=`cat $HOME/.secret`; }; f"
 ----------------------------------------------------
 
 Generally speaking, rule (3) above is the simplest for users to
specify.
-- 
2.26.2
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  1. doc: fix quoting bug in credential cache exampledouglas.fuller@gmail.com, Apr 30, 2020
  2. Junio C HamanoApr 30, 2020
  3. Jeff KingMay 1, 2020
  4. Jeff KingMay 1, 2020
  5. 1/2 gitcredentials(7): clarify quoting of helper examplesJeff King, May 1, 2020
  6. Andreas SchwabMay 1, 2020
  7. Jeff KingMay 1, 2020
  8. 2/2 gitcredentials(7): make shell-snippet example more realisticJeff King, May 1, 2020
  9. Junio C HamanoMay 1, 2020
  10. Jeff KingMay 1, 2020
  11. Jeff KingMay 1, 2020
  12. Jeff KingMay 1, 2020
  13. 1/2 gitcredentials(7): clarify quoting of helper examplesJeff King, May 1, 2020
  14. 2/2 gitcredentials(7): make shell-snippet example more realisticJeff King, May 1, 2020
  15. Junio C HamanoMay 1, 2020
  16. douglas.fuller@gmail.comMay 1, 2020
  17. Junio C HamanoMay 1, 2020
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