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.. note::
+ When using ``git`` as the fetcher of the main source code of your software,
+ ``S`` should be set accordingly::
+
+ S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
+
+.. note::
+
Specifying passwords directly in ``git://`` urls is not supported.
There are several reasons: :term:`SRC_URI` is often written out to logs and
other places, and that could easily leak passwords; it is also all too