NAME
git-credential-cache - Helper to temporarily store passwords in memory SYNOPSIS git config credential.helper 'cache [options]' DESCRIPTION This command caches credentials in memory for use by future Git programs. The stored credentials never touch the disk, and are forgotten after a configurable timeout. The cache is accessible over a Unix domain socket, restricted to the current user by filesystem permissions. You probably don’t want to invoke this command directly; it is meant to be used as a credential helper by other parts of Git. See gitcredentials(7) or EXAMPLES below. OPTIONS timeout
Number of seconds to cache credentials (default: 900). socket Use 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. CONTROLLING THE DAEMON If you would like the daemon to exit early, forgetting all cached credentials before their timeout, you can issue an exit action:
git credential-cache exit EXAMPLES The point of this helper is to reduce the number of times you must type your username or password. For example:
$ git config credential.helper cache
$ git push http://example.com/repo.git Username:
Password: [work for 5 more minutes] $ git push http://example.com/repo.git [your credentials are used automatically] You can provide options via the credential.helper configuration variable (this example drops the cache time to 5 minutes):
$ git config credential.helper 'cache timeout=300' GIT Part of the git(1) suite
Git 1.8.3.1 11/02/2018 GIT-CREDENTIAL-CAC(1)