1git-credential-cache(1) 2======================= 3 4NAME 5---- 6git-credential-cache - helper to temporarily store passwords in memory 7 8SYNOPSIS 9-------- 10----------------------------- 11git config credential.helper 'cache [options]' 12----------------------------- 13 14DESCRIPTION 15----------- 16 17This command caches credentials in memory for use by future git 18programs. The stored credentials never touch the disk, and are forgotten 19after a configurable timeout. The cache is accessible over a Unix 20domain socket, restricted to the current user by filesystem permissions. 21 22You probably don't want to invoke this command directly; it is meant to 23be used as a credential helper by other parts of git. See 24linkgit:gitcredentials[7] or `EXAMPLES` below. 25 26OPTIONS 27------- 28 29--timeout <seconds>:: 30 31 Number of seconds to cache credentials (default: 900). 32 33--socket <path>:: 34 35 Use `<path>` to contact a running cache daemon (or start a new 36 cache daemon if one is not started). Defaults to 37 `~/.git-credential-cache/socket`. If your home directory is on a 38 network-mounted filesystem, you may need to change this to a 39 local filesystem. 40 41CONTROLLING THE DAEMON 42---------------------- 43 44If you would like the daemon to exit early, forgetting all cached 45credentials before their timeout, you can issue an `exit` action: 46 47-------------------------------------- 48git credential-cache exit 49-------------------------------------- 50 51EXAMPLES 52-------- 53 54The point of this helper is to reduce the number of times you must type 55your username or password. For example: 56 57------------------------------------ 58$ git config credential.helper cache 59$ git push http://example.com/repo.git 60Username: <type your username> 61Password: <type your password> 62 63[work for 5 more minutes] 64$ git push http://example.com/repo.git 65[your credentials are used automatically] 66------------------------------------ 67 68You can provide options via the credential.helper configuration 69variable (this example drops the cache time to 5 minutes): 70 71------------------------------------------------------- 72$ git config credential.helper 'cache --timeout=300' 73------------------------------------------------------- 74 75GIT 76--- 77Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite