Previously, the example *decreased* the cache timeout compared to the
default, making it less user friendly.
Instead, nudge users to make cache more usable. Many users choose
store over cache.
https://lore.kernel.org/git/CAGJzqskRYN49SeS8kSEN5-vbB_Jt1QvAV9QhS6zNuKh0u8wxPQ@mail.gmail.com/
The default timeout remains 15 minutes. A stronger nudge would
be to increase that.
Signed-off-by: M Hickford <mirth.hickford@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
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You can provide options via the credential.helper configuration
-variable (this example drops the cache time to 5 minutes):
+variable (this example increases the cache time to 1 hour):
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-$ git config credential.helper 'cache --timeout=300'
+$ git config credential.helper 'cache --timeout=3600'
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