Imported Upstream version 2.27.0

[platform/upstream/git.git] / Documentation / config / credential.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/config/credential.txt b/Documentation/config/credential.txt
index 60fb318..9d01641 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/config/credential.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/credential.txt
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 credential.helper::
        Specify an external helper to be called when a username or
        password credential is needed; the helper may consult external
-       storage to avoid prompting the user for the credentials. Note
-       that multiple helpers may be defined. See linkgit:gitcredentials[7]
-       for details.
+       storage to avoid prompting the user for the credentials. This is
+       normally the name of a credential helper with possible
+       arguments, but may also be an absolute path with arguments or, if
+       preceded by `!`, shell commands.
++
+Note that multiple helpers may be defined. See linkgit:gitcredentials[7]
+for details and examples.
 
 credential.useHttpPath::
        When acquiring credentials, consider the "path" component of an http