mergetool-lib: make the three-way diff the default for vim/gvim
[gitweb.git] / Documentation / git.txt
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@@ -47,173 +47,173 @@ Documentation for older releases are available here:
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@@ -639,6 +639,13 @@ Usually it is easier to configure any desired options through your
 personal `.ssh/config` file.  Please consult your ssh documentation
 for further details.
 
+'GIT_ASKPASS'::
+       If this environment variable is set, then git commands which need to
+       acquire passwords or passphrases (e.g. for HTTP or IMAP authentication)
+       will call this program with a suitable prompt as command line argument
+       and read the password from its STDOUT. See also the 'core.askpass'
+       option in linkgit:git-config[1].
+
 'GIT_FLUSH'::
        If this environment variable is set to "1", then commands such
        as 'git blame' (in incremental mode), 'git rev-list', 'git log',