---
name: "git-credential-cache--daemon"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "git"
version: "2.56.0-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/git-credential-cache--daemon"
---

# git-credential-cache--daemon(1)

Temporarily store user credentials in memory

## NAME

git-credential-cache--daemon - Temporarily store user credentials in memory

## SYNOPSIS

```
git credential-cache--daemon [--debug] <socket-path>
```

## DESCRIPTION

**Note**\

You probably don’t want to invoke this command yourself; it is started automatically when you use [**git-credential-cache**(1)](/git-credential-cache/1.md).

This command listens on the Unix domain socket specified by *\<socket-path\>* for **git-credential-cache** clients. Clients may store and retrieve credentials. Each credential is held for a timeout specified by the client; once no credentials are held, the daemon exits.

If the **--debug** option is specified, the daemon does not close its stderr stream, and may output extra diagnostics to it even after it has begun listening for clients.

## GIT

Part of the [**git**(1)](/git/1.md) suite