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[PATCH v2] doc: gitcredentials: link to helper list

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M Hickford via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Date
Jun 21, 2023, 07:30 UTC
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From: M Hickford <mirth.hickford@gmail.com>

Link to community list of credential helpers. This is useful information for users.

Describe how OAuth credential helpers work. OAuth is a user-friendly alternative to personal access tokens and SSH keys. Reduced setup cost makes it easier for users to contribute to projects across multiple forges.

Signed-off-by: M Hickford <mirth.hickford@gmail.com>
---
    gitcredentials: link to list of helpers
    
    Add link to list of helpers
Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-1538%2Fhickford%2Fhelpers-v2
Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-1538/hickford/helpers-v2
Pull-Request: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/pull/1538
Range-diff vs v1:
 1:  49e2a6fc9f2 ! 1:  26818290468 doc: gitcredentials: introduce OAuth helpers
     @@ Metadata
      Author: M Hickford <mirth.hickford@gmail.com>
      
       ## Commit message ##
     -    doc: gitcredentials: introduce OAuth helpers
     +    doc: gitcredentials: link to helper list
      
     -    OAuth credential helpers are widely useful but work differently to other
     -    credential helpers, so worth introducing in the docs.
     +    Link to community list of credential helpers. This is useful information
     +    for users.
      
     -    Link to relevant projects.
     +    Describe how OAuth credential helpers work. OAuth is a user-friendly
     +    alternative to personal access tokens and SSH keys. Reduced setup cost
     +    makes it easier for users to contribute to projects across multiple
     +    forges.
      
          Signed-off-by: M Hickford <mirth.hickford@gmail.com>
      
       ## Documentation/gitcredentials.txt ##
     -@@ Documentation/gitcredentials.txt: $ git config --global credential.helper foo
     +@@ Documentation/gitcredentials.txt: $ git help credential-foo
     + $ git config --global credential.helper foo
       -------------------------------------------
       
     - 
     -+=== OAuth credential helpers
     -+
     -+An alternative to entering passwords or personal access tokens is to use an
     -+OAuth credential helper. Many popular Git hosts support OAuth. The first time
     -+you authenticate, the helper opens a browser window to the host.
     -+Subsequent authentication is non interactive.
     -+
     -+Two cross-platform open-source OAuth credential helpers are:
     ++=== Available helpers
      +
     -+* https://github.com/git-ecosystem/git-credential-manager[Git Credential Manager]
     -+* https://github.com/hickford/git-credential-oauth[git-credential-oauth]
     ++The community maintains a comprehensive
     ++https://git-scm.com/doc/credential-helpers[list of Git credential helpers]
     ++available.
      +
     ++=== OAuth
      +
     ++An alternative to inputting passwords or personal access tokens is to use an
     ++OAuth credential helper. Initial authentication opens a browser window to the
     ++host. Subsequent authentication happens in the background. Many popular Git
     ++hosts support OAuth.
     + 
       CREDENTIAL CONTEXTS
       -------------------
     - 
 Documentation/gitcredentials.txt | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/gitcredentials.txt b/Documentation/gitcredentials.txt
index 100f045bb1a..a266870a042 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitcredentials.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitcredentials.txt
@@ -104,6 +104,18 @@ $ git help credential-foo
 $ git config --global credential.helper foo
 -------------------------------------------
 
+=== Available helpers
+
+The community maintains a comprehensive
+https://git-scm.com/doc/credential-helpers[list of Git credential helpers]
+available.
+
+=== OAuth
+
+An alternative to inputting passwords or personal access tokens is to use an
+OAuth credential helper. Initial authentication opens a browser window to the
+host. Subsequent authentication happens in the background. Many popular Git
+hosts support OAuth.
 
 CREDENTIAL CONTEXTS
 -------------------

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  1. doc: gitcredentials: introduce OAuth helpersM Hickford via GitGitGadget, May 28, 2023
  2. brian m. carlsonMay 28, 2023
  3. M HickfordMay 29, 2023
  4. M HickfordJun 21, 2023
  5. doc: gitcredentials: link to helper listM Hickford via GitGitGadget, Jun 21, 2023
  6. Jeff KingJun 27, 2023
  7. doc: gitcredentials: link to helper listM Hickford via GitGitGadget, Jul 8, 2023

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