diff --git a/Documentation/git-credential-store.txt b/Documentation/git-credential-store.txt
index 76b0798856..18ba8b6984 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-credential-store.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-credential-store.txt
@@ -95,8 +95,22 @@ https://user:pass@example.com
 ------------------------------
 
 No other kinds of lines (e.g. empty lines or comment lines) are
-allowed in the file, even though some may be silently ignored. Do
-not view or edit the file with editors.
+allowed in the file, even though historically the parser was very
+lenient and some might had been silently ignored.
+
+Do not view or edit the file with editors as it could compromise the
+validity of your credentials by sometimes subtle formatting issues,
+like spaces, line wrapping or text encoding.
+
+An unparseable or otherwise invalid line is ignored, and a warning
+message points out the problematic file and line number it appears in.
+
+Note that because of deficiencies of the current implementation, these
+warnings will be only generated for the entries that were processed
+while reading the credential files during a get operation, and so they
+are not comprehensive, and will require you to use an editor (or
+better a sed/awk/perl one liner) to edit the credential file and remove
+them.
 
 When Git needs authentication for a particular URL context,
 credential-store will consider that context a pattern to match against
diff --git a/credential-store.c b/credential-store.c
index c010497cb2..c2778eff8a 100644
--- a/credential-store.c
+++ b/credential-store.c
@@ -4,10 +4,20 @@
 #include "string-list.h"
 #include "parse-options.h"
 
+#define PARSE_VERBOSE 0x01
+
 static struct lock_file credential_lock;
 
+static int valid_credential(struct credential *entry)
+{
+	return (entry->username && entry->password &&
+		entry->protocol && *entry->protocol &&
+		((entry->host && *entry->host) || entry->path));
+}
+
 static int parse_credential_file(const char *fn,
 				  struct credential *c,
+				  int flags,
 				  void (*match_cb)(struct credential *),
 				  void (*other_cb)(struct strbuf *))
 {
@@ -15,6 +25,7 @@ static int parse_credential_file(const char *fn,
 	struct strbuf line = STRBUF_INIT;
 	struct credential entry = CREDENTIAL_INIT;
 	int found_credential = 0;
+	int lineno = 0;
 
 	fh = fopen(fn, "r");
 	if (!fh) {
@@ -24,16 +35,24 @@ static int parse_credential_file(const char *fn,
 	}
 
 	while (strbuf_getline_lf(&line, fh) != EOF) {
-		credential_from_url(&entry, line.buf);
-		if (entry.username && entry.password &&
-		    credential_match(c, &entry)) {
+		lineno++;
+
+		if (strchr(line.buf, '\r') ||
+			credential_from_url_gently(&entry, line.buf, 1) ||
+			!valid_credential(&entry)) {
+			if (flags & PARSE_VERBOSE)
+				warning(_("%s:%d: ignoring invalid credential"),
+					fn, lineno);
+		} else if (credential_match(c, &entry)) {
 			found_credential = 1;
 			if (match_cb) {
 				match_cb(&entry);
 				break;
 			}
+			continue;
 		}
-		else if (other_cb)
+
+		if (other_cb)
 			other_cb(&line);
 	}
 
@@ -62,7 +81,7 @@ static void rewrite_credential_file(const char *fn, struct credential *c,
 		die_errno("unable to get credential storage lock");
 	if (extra)
 		print_line(extra);
-	parse_credential_file(fn, c, NULL, print_line);
+	parse_credential_file(fn, c, 0, NULL, print_line);
 	if (commit_lock_file(&credential_lock) < 0)
 		die_errno("unable to write credential store");
 }
@@ -139,7 +158,8 @@ static void lookup_credential(const struct string_list *fns, struct credential *
 	struct string_list_item *fn;
 
 	for_each_string_list_item(fn, fns)
-		if (parse_credential_file(fn->string, c, print_entry, NULL))
+		if (parse_credential_file(fn->string, c, PARSE_VERBOSE,
+						 print_entry, NULL))
 			return; /* Found credential */
 }
 
diff --git a/t/t0302-credential-store.sh b/t/t0302-credential-store.sh
index d6b54e8c65..00608e365a 100755
--- a/t/t0302-credential-store.sh
+++ b/t/t0302-credential-store.sh
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@ test_expect_success 'store: if both xdg and home files exist, only store in home
 	test_must_be_empty "$HOME/.config/git/credentials"
 '
 
-
 test_expect_success 'erase: erase matching credentials from both xdg and home files' '
 	echo "https://home-user:home-pass@example.com" >"$HOME/.git-credentials" &&
 	mkdir -p "$HOME/.config/git" &&
@@ -120,4 +119,112 @@ test_expect_success 'erase: erase matching credentials from both xdg and home fi
 	test_must_be_empty "$HOME/.config/git/credentials"
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'get: credentials without scheme are invalid' '
+	echo "://user:pass@example.com" >"$HOME/.git-credentials" &&
+	cat >expect-stdout <<-\STDOUT &&
+	protocol=https
+	host=example.com
+	username=askpass-username
+	password=askpass-password
+	STDOUT
+	test_config credential.helper store &&
+	git credential fill <<-\EOF >stdout 2>stderr &&
+	protocol=https
+	host=example.com
+	EOF
+	test_cmp expect-stdout stdout &&
+	grep "askpass: Username for '\''https://example.com'\'':" stderr &&
+	grep "askpass: Password for '\''https://askpass-username@example.com'\'':" stderr &&
+	test_i18ngrep "ignoring invalid credential" stderr
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'get: credentials without valid host/path are invalid' '
+	echo "https://user:pass@" >"$HOME/.git-credentials" &&
+	cat >expect-stdout <<-\STDOUT &&
+	protocol=https
+	host=example.com
+	username=askpass-username
+	password=askpass-password
+	STDOUT
+	test_config credential.helper store &&
+	git credential fill <<-\EOF >stdout 2>stderr &&
+	protocol=https
+	host=example.com
+	EOF
+	test_cmp expect-stdout stdout &&
+	grep "askpass: Username for '\''https://example.com'\'':" stderr &&
+	grep "askpass: Password for '\''https://askpass-username@example.com'\'':" stderr &&
+	test_i18ngrep "ignoring invalid credential" stderr
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'get: credentials without username/password are invalid' '
+	echo "https://pass@example.com" >"$HOME/.git-credentials" &&
+	cat >expect-stdout <<-\STDOUT &&
+	protocol=https
+	host=example.com
+	username=askpass-username
+	password=askpass-password
+	STDOUT
+	test_config credential.helper store &&
+	git credential fill <<-\EOF >stdout 2>stderr &&
+	protocol=https
+	host=example.com
+	EOF
+	test_cmp expect-stdout stdout &&
+	grep "askpass: Username for '\''https://example.com'\'':" stderr &&
+	grep "askpass: Password for '\''https://askpass-username@example.com'\'':" stderr &&
+	test_i18ngrep "ignoring invalid credential" stderr
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'get: credentials with DOS line endings are invalid' '
+	printf "https://user:pass@example.com\r\n" >"$HOME/.git-credentials" &&
+	cat >expect-stdout <<-\STDOUT &&
+	protocol=https
+	host=example.com
+	username=askpass-username
+	password=askpass-password
+	STDOUT
+	test_config credential.helper store &&
+	git credential fill <<-\EOF >stdout 2>stderr &&
+	protocol=https
+	host=example.com
+	EOF
+	test_cmp expect-stdout stdout &&
+	grep "askpass: Username for '\''https://example.com'\'':" stderr &&
+	grep "askpass: Password for '\''https://askpass-username@example.com'\'':" stderr &&
+	test_i18ngrep "ignoring invalid credential" stderr
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'get: store file can contain empty/bogus lines' '
+	echo "" > "$HOME/.git-credentials" &&
+	q_to_tab <<-\CONFIG >>"$HOME/.git-credentials" &&
+	#comment
+	Q
+	https://user:pass@example.com
+	CONFIG
+	cat >expect-stdout <<-\STDOUT &&
+	protocol=https
+	host=example.com
+	username=user
+	password=pass
+	STDOUT
+	test_config credential.helper store &&
+	git credential fill <<-\EOF >stdout 2>stderr &&
+	protocol=https
+	host=example.com
+	EOF
+	test_cmp expect-stdout stdout &&
+	test_i18ngrep "ignoring invalid credential" stderr &&
+	test_line_count = 3 stderr
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'store: store succeeds silently in corrupted file' '
+	echo "#comment" >"$HOME/.git-credentials" &&
+	check approve store <<-\EOF &&
+	url=https://user:pass@example.com
+	EOF
+	grep "https://user:pass@example.com" "$HOME/.git-credentials" &&
+	test_must_be_empty stderr
+'
+
 test_done
