Merge branch 'jn/credential-doc-on-clear' into maint

gitster · gitster · commit 9a73c958d84c · 2017-06-05T09:03:16.000+09:00
Doc update.

* jn/credential-doc-on-clear:
  credential doc: make multiple-helper behavior more prominent
diff --git a/Documentation/gitcredentials.txt b/Documentation/gitcredentials.txt
@@ -101,16 +101,6 @@ $ git help credential-foo
 $ git config --global credential.helper foo
 -------------------------------------------
 
-If there are multiple instances of the `credential.helper` configuration
-variable, each helper will be tried in turn, and may provide a username,
-password, or nothing. Once Git has acquired both a username and a
-password, no more helpers will be tried.
-
-If `credential.helper` is configured to the empty string, this resets
-the helper list to empty (so you may override a helper set by a
-lower-priority config file by configuring the empty-string helper,
-followed by whatever set of helpers you would like).
-
 
 CREDENTIAL CONTEXTS
 -------------------
@@ -162,6 +152,16 @@ helper::
 	shell (so, for example, setting this to `foo --option=bar` will execute
 	`git credential-foo --option=bar` via the shell. See the manual of
 	specific helpers for examples of their use.
++
+If there are multiple instances of the `credential.helper` configuration
+variable, each helper will be tried in turn, and may provide a username,
+password, or nothing. Once Git has acquired both a username and a
+password, no more helpers will be tried.
++
+If `credential.helper` is configured to the empty string, this resets
+the helper list to empty (so you may override a helper set by a
+lower-priority config file by configuring the empty-string helper,
+followed by whatever set of helpers you would like).
 
 username::
 
