From: Junio C Hamano Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2018 13:58:00 +0000 (+0900) Subject: Merge branch 'dz/credential-doc-url-matching-rules' into maint X-Git-Tag: v2.19.2~23 X-Git-Url: https://git.lorimer.id.au/gitweb.git/diff_plain/871955c797069c3f8d0f36dc75f90a2450f22c83?hp=75266b4e8bc032edd237e938aae93b67d7638768 Merge branch 'dz/credential-doc-url-matching-rules' into maint Doc update. * dz/credential-doc-url-matching-rules: doc: clarify gitcredentials path component matching --- diff --git a/Documentation/gitcredentials.txt b/Documentation/gitcredentials.txt index f970196bc1..adc759612d 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitcredentials.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitcredentials.txt @@ -133,6 +133,12 @@ compares hostnames exactly, without considering whether two hosts are part of the same domain. Likewise, a config entry for `http://example.com` would not match: Git compares the protocols exactly. +If the "pattern" URL does include a path component, then this too must match +exactly: the context `https://example.com/bar/baz.git` will match a config +entry for `https://example.com/bar/baz.git` (in addition to matching the config +entry for `https://example.com`) but will not match a config entry for +`https://example.com/bar`. + CONFIGURATION OPTIONS ---------------------