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Revert "bugfix improve provider credentials docs. Fixes hashicorp#21471" #9391

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2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions .changelog/13142.txt
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```release-note:none
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Expand Up @@ -116,8 +116,8 @@ impersonated service account regardless of the primary identity in use.

## Authentication Configuration

* `credentials` - (Optional) Either the path (as returned by the [file terraform function])
to or the contents of a [service account key file] in JSON format. You can
* `credentials` - (Optional) Either the path to or the contents of a
[service account key file] in JSON format. You can
[manage key files using the Cloud Console]. Your service account key file is
used to complete a two-legged OAuth 2.0 flow to obtain access tokens to
authenticate with the GCP API as needed; Terraform will use it to reauthenticate
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the path of your service account key file in the
`GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS` environment variable, or configure
authentication through one of the following;

```hcl
provider "google" {
alias = "other"
project = var.my_other_project_id
region = var.region
credentials = file(pathexpand(var.gcloud_other_dac_file))
}
```

* If you're running Terraform from a GCE instance, default credentials
are automatically available. See
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -423,4 +414,3 @@ See [RFC 9110](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9110#field.user-agent) for form
[gcloud adc]: https://cloud.google.com/sdk/gcloud/reference/auth/application-default/login
[service accounts]: https://cloud.google.com/docs/authentication/getting-started
[scopes]: https://developers.google.com/identity/protocols/googlescopes
[file terraform function]: https://developer.hashicorp.com/terraform/language/functions/file