Re: gitconfig - interaction between credential.helper and includeIf

From: Ryan Vu <ryanvu87@gmail.com>
Date: Jun 25, 2024, 16:53 UTC
Message-ID: <CAF4erGXkP3AR3dNvsqmo5FBLxOaGZhd9pHCHKsL8Q0BV5BiKJA@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20240625132001.GA535756@coredump.intra.peff.net>

Thank you! I have the configurations working now.

On Tue, Jun 25, 2024 at 6:20 AM Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote:

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