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authorAnselm Kruis <a.kruis@science-computing.de>2010-08-30 15:38:38 +0200
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2010-08-31 10:49:02 -0700
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parent64fdc08dac6694d1e754580e7acb82dfa4988bb9 (diff)
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Add a new option 'core.askpass'.
Setting this option has the same effect as setting the environment variable 'GIT_ASKPASS'. Signed-off-by: Knut Franke <k.franke@science-computing.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@@ -450,6 +450,12 @@ core.excludesfile::
to the value of `$HOME` and "{tilde}user/" to the specified user's
home directory. See linkgit:gitignore[5].
+core.askpass::
+ Some commands (e.g. svn and http interfaces) that interactively
+ ask for a password can be told to use an external program given
+ via the value of this variable when it is set, and the
+ environment variable `GIT_ASKPASS` is not set.
+
core.editor::
Commands such as `commit` and `tag` that lets you edit
messages by launching an editor uses the value of this