
interface models the internal C API; see
<a href="technical/api-credentials.html">the Git credential API</a> for more
background on the concepts.</p>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>git-credential takes an "action" option on the command-line (one of
<code>fill</code>, <code>approve</code>, or <code>reject</code>) and reads a credential description
on stdin (see <a href="#IOFMT">INPUT/OUTPUT FORMAT</a>).</p>
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<div class="paragraph">
<p>If the action is <code>fill</code>, git-credential wil