Re: [PATCH v3] Documentation: clarify that cache forgets credentials if the system restarts

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Jan 29, 2023, 17:26 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqfsbt6ylq.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <Y9YWruI4CdbJ9Rjn@coredump.intra.peff.net>

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

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> On Sat, Jan 28, 2023 at 08:13:34PM +0000, M Hickford via GitGitGadget wrote:
>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/git-credential-cache.txt b/Documentation/git-credential-cache.txt
>> index 432e159d952..f473994a864 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/git-credential-cache.txt
>> +++ b/Documentation/git-credential-cache.txt
>> @@ -14,10 +14,13 @@ git config credential.helper 'cache [<options>]'
>>  DESCRIPTION
>>  -----------
>>  
>> -This command caches credentials in memory for use by future Git
>> -programs. The stored credentials never touch the disk, and are forgotten
>> -after a configurable timeout.  The cache is accessible over a Unix
>> -domain socket, restricted to the current user by filesystem permissions.
>> +This command caches credentials for use by future Git programs.
>> +The stored credentials are kept in memory of the cache-daemon
>> +process (instead of written to a file) and are forgotten after a
>> +configurable timeout. Credentials are forgotten sooner if the
>> +cache-daemon dies, for example if the system restarts. The cache
>> +is accessible over a Unix domain socket, restricted to the current
>> +user by filesystem permissions.
>
> This version looks good to me.

Yup, it looks good to me, too.  Thanks, all.