Refer to PR490 for proposed changes to track credentials use by jobs.

Code changed in jenkins
User: Mark Waite
Path:
src/main/java/hudson/plugins/git/GitSCM.java
src/main/java/hudson/plugins/git/UserRemoteConfig.java
src/main/java/jenkins/plugins/git/GitSCMFileSystem.java
http://jenkins-ci.org/commit/git-plugin/79e610c18716c7cdd5287d90f20eac56a6033b56
Log:
JENKINS-38827 Track credentials use in some relevant cases

These were easy cases because CredentialsProvider.track() arguments were
available in the method where credentials were added.

It is expected that there are still cases where credentials are not
tracked correctly by the plugin. Credential checks from the job
definition page are probably not currently tracked. Other contexts
(like pipeline) may also not be tracked by these changes.

Code changed in jenkins
User: Mark Waite
Path:
pom.xml
src/main/java/hudson/plugins/git/GitSCM.java
src/main/java/hudson/plugins/git/UserRemoteConfig.java
src/main/java/jenkins/plugins/git/GitSCMFileSystem.java
src/test/java/hudson/plugins/git/AbstractGitTestCase.java
src/test/java/hudson/plugins/git/GitSCMTest.java
src/test/java/hudson/plugins/git/TestGitRepo.java
http://jenkins-ci.org/commit/git-plugin/efeb022d9312b0b6686130752f416fd447403fc2
Log:
Merge pull request #490 from MarkEWaite/track-credential-use

JENKINS-38827 Track credentials use

Compare: https://github.com/jenkinsci/git-plugin/compare/383f5ab95b75...efeb022d9312

markewaite is it possible to somehow disable this tracking feature? I would like to do that since this adds two additional buttons ("Project Relationship" and "Check File Fingerprints") to the Jenkins main page and we have no intention to track the credentials.

stephenc may know a way to disable credential tracking. I do not know any way to disable credential tracking.

Credentials tracking is IMHO a core functionality that should not be disabled. If you want to disable the two buttons on all list views then I would suggest filing a pull request against core to modify

public final class FingerprintMap extends KeyedDataStorage<Fingerprint,FingerprintMap.FingerprintParams> {

    /**
     * Returns true if there's some data in the fingerprint database.
     */
    public boolean isReady() {
        return new File(Jenkins.getInstance().getRootDir(),"fingerprints").exists();
    }

such that isReady() is also guarded by a SystemProperties.getBoolean("hudson.model.FingerprintMap.ENABLED",true)

that way the rare user that wants to disable those two buttons can do that, but that should all be handled under a separate JIRA issue