is executed by the
shell (so, for example, setting this to <code>foo --option=bar</code> will execute
<code>git credential-foo --option=bar</code> via the shell. See the manual of
specific helpers for examples of their use.</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">username</dt>
<dd>
<p>A default username, if one is not provided in the URL.</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">useHttpPath</dt>
<dd>
<p>By default, Git does not consider the "path" component of an http URL
to be worth matching via external helpers. T