The gitcredentials documentation implied that the config file's "pattern" URL might include a path component, but did not explain that it must match exactly (potentially leaving readers with the false hope that it would support a more flexible prefix match).
Signed-off-by: David Zych <dmrz@illinois.edu> --- Documentation/gitcredentials.txt | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
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diff --git a/Documentation/gitcredentials.txt b/Documentation/gitcredentials.txt index f970196..adc7596 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitcredentials.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitcredentials.txt @@ -133,6 +133,12 @@ compares hostnames exactly, without considering whether two hosts are part of the same domain. Likewise, a config entry for `http://example.com` would not match: Git compares the protocols exactly. +If the "pattern" URL does include a path component, then this too must match +exactly: the context `https://example.com/bar/baz.git` will match a config +entry for `https://example.com/bar/baz.git` (in addition to matching the config +entry for `https://example.com`) but will not match a config entry for +`https://example.com/bar`. + CONFIGURATION OPTIONS ---------------------
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