Crlf aware git credential

[nyckyta]

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[gitgitgadget-git]

There is an issue in commit 99d0030:
Commit not signed off

[gitgitgadget-git]

There is an issue in commit 6e20f7c:
Commit not signed off

[dscho]

@nyckyta how does this PR relate to git#710?

[nyckyta]

@nyckyta how does this PR relate to git#710?

This is changes in code and docs related to credentials according to mail messages from that PR.

As I understand they advised to make some notes in docs regarding line ending and to fix the same line-ending issue in other credentials related code.

[nyckyta]

@dscho , well, what do you think?

[dscho]

well, what do you think?

I hoped to get a chance to review all of the changes in 8f309ae, as Junio had asked for.

But truth be told, I simply won't have the time to do that :-( (I tried...)

[dscho]

@nyckyta I had to rebase the patches, to avoid merge conflicts with c03859a.

Thank you for working on this, and sorry to keep you waiting!