Merge branch 'cb/credential-store-ignore-bogus-lines'

[thirdparty/git.git] / Documentation / git-credential-store.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git-credential-store.txt b/Documentation/git-credential-store.txt
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--- a/Documentation/git-credential-store.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-credential-store.txt
@@ -94,6 +94,10 @@ stored on its own line as a URL like:
 https://user:pass@example.com
 ------------------------------
 
+No other kinds of lines (e.g. empty lines or comment lines) are
+allowed in the file, even though some may be silently ignored. Do
+not view or edit the file with editors.
+
 When Git needs authentication for a particular URL context,
 credential-store will consider that context a pattern to match against
 each entry in the credentials file.  If the protocol, hostname, and