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| author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2017-03-24 13:07:34 -0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2017-03-24 13:07:34 -0700 |
| commit | 78cf8efec34c419ecea86bc8d1fe47ec0b51ba37 (patch) | |
| tree | e93e9c07cd61311d63aa589cfd2452662dfcafb5 /Documentation | |
| parent | f364f02724d6ce4c64fae85a86e0452b5634ddf8 (diff) | |
| parent | 612c49e94d5c761bd9fc4752283b82786c23856a (diff) | |
| download | git-78cf8efec34c419ecea86bc8d1fe47ec0b51ba37.tar.gz | |
Merge branch 'dl/credential-cache-socket-in-xdg-cache'
The default location "~/.git-credential-cache/socket" for the
socket used to communicate with the credential-cache daemon has
been moved to "~/.cache/git/credential/socket".
* dl/credential-cache-socket-in-xdg-cache:
credential-cache: add tests for XDG functionality
credential-cache: use XDG_CACHE_HOME for socket
path.c: add xdg_cache_home
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-credential-cache.txt | 11 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-credential-cache.txt b/Documentation/git-credential-cache.txt index 96208f822e..2b85826393 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-credential-cache.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-credential-cache.txt @@ -33,10 +33,13 @@ OPTIONS --socket <path>:: Use `<path>` to contact a running cache daemon (or start a new - cache daemon if one is not started). Defaults to - `~/.git-credential-cache/socket`. If your home directory is on a - network-mounted filesystem, you may need to change this to a - local filesystem. You must specify an absolute path. + cache daemon if one is not started). + Defaults to `$XDG_CACHE_HOME/git/credential/socket` unless + `~/.git-credential-cache/` exists in which case + `~/.git-credential-cache/socket` is used instead. + If your home directory is on a network-mounted filesystem, you + may need to change this to a local filesystem. You must specify + an absolute path. CONTROLLING THE DAEMON ---------------------- |