Documentation/gitcredentials.txt: mention password alternatives
Git asks for a "password", but the user might use a personal access token or OAuth access token instead. Example: Password for 'https://AzureDiamond@github.com': Signed-off-by: M Hickford <mirth.hickford@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
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Git will sometimes need credentials from the user in order to perform
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operations; for example, it may need to ask for a username and password
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-in order to access a remote repository over HTTP. This manual describes
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-the mechanisms Git uses to request these credentials, as well as some
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-features to avoid inputting these credentials repeatedly.
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+in order to access a remote repository over HTTP. Some remotes accept
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+a personal access token or OAuth access token as a password. This
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+manual describes the mechanisms Git uses to request these credentials,
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+as well as some features to avoid inputting these credentials repeatedly.
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REQUESTING CREDENTIALS
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