#include "cache.h"
+#include "config.h"
 #include "credential.h"
 #include "string-list.h"
 #include "run-command.h"
                key = dot + 1;
        }
 
-       if (!strcmp(key, "helper"))
-               string_list_append(&c->helpers, value);
-       else if (!strcmp(key, "username")) {
+       if (!strcmp(key, "helper")) {
+               if (*value)
+                       string_list_append(&c->helpers, value);
+               else
+                       string_list_clear(&c->helpers, 0);
+       } else if (!strcmp(key, "username")) {
                if (!c->username)
                        c->username = xstrdup(value);
        }
        c->configured = 1;
 
        if (!c->use_http_path && proto_is_http(c->protocol)) {
-               free(c->path);
-               c->path = NULL;
+               FREE_AND_NULL(c->path);
        }
 }
 
        for (i = 0; i < c->helpers.nr; i++)
                credential_do(c, c->helpers.items[i].string, "erase");
 
-       free(c->username);
-       c->username = NULL;
-       free(c->password);
-       c->password = NULL;
+       FREE_AND_NULL(c->username);
+       FREE_AND_NULL(c->password);
        c->approved = 0;
 }