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authorTaylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>2022-11-18 18:43:59 -0500
committerTaylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>2022-11-18 18:43:59 -0500
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Merge branch 'mh/credential-unrecognized-attrs'
Docfix. * mh/credential-unrecognized-attrs: docs: clarify that credential discards unrecognised attributes
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@@ -270,6 +270,7 @@ stdout in the same format (see linkgit:git-credential[1] for common
attributes). A helper is free to produce a subset, or even no values at
all if it has nothing useful to provide. Any provided attributes will
overwrite those already known about by Git's credential subsystem.
+Unrecognised attributes are silently discarded.
While it is possible to override all attributes, well behaving helpers
should refrain from doing so for any attribute other than username and