doc: west: Add mention about Git rewrite feature

Add Git rewrite feature mention, which can simplify handling of HTTPS
URLs.

Signed-off-by: Andrei Emeltchenko <andrei.emeltchenko@intel.com>
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Andrei Emeltchenko 2022-03-22 17:15:48 +02:00 committed by Marti Bolivar
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@ -98,6 +98,13 @@ in plain text even if two-factor authentication is disabled.)
If you don't want to store any credentials on the file system, you can store If you don't want to store any credentials on the file system, you can store
them in memory temporarily using `git-credential-cache`_ instead. them in memory temporarily using `git-credential-cache`_ instead.
If you setup fetching via SSH, you can use Git URL rewrite feature. The following
command instructs Git to use SSH URLs for GitHub instead of HTTPS ones:
.. code-block:: shell
git config --global url."git@github.com:".insteadOf "https://github.com/"
.. _git-credential-store: .. _git-credential-store:
https://git-scm.com/docs/git-credential-store#_examples https://git-scm.com/docs/git-credential-store#_examples
.. _git-credential-cache: .. _git-credential-cache: