DEVEL: add directions for a Linux credential helper

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nhkeni
2024-02-28 14:05:23 -05:00
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@@ -66,10 +66,16 @@ A. If you have never set up git on this machine before:
git config --global user.email USER@EXAMPLE.COM git config --global user.email USER@EXAMPLE.COM
You probably want to set up a credential cache. You probably want to set up a credential cache.
macOS (10 - 12): macOS (10 - 12):
git config --global credential.helper osxkeychain git config --global credential.helper osxkeychain
Windows: Windows:
git config --global credential.helper store git config --global credential.helper store
XXX linux Linux:
(This may vary by distribution.)
cd /usr/share/doc/git/contrib/credentail/libsecret
sudo apt-get install libglib-2.0-dev libsecret-1-dev
sudo make
git config --global credential.helper `pwd`/git-credential-libsecret
B. Specify the prefix for variable substitution: B. Specify the prefix for variable substitution:
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