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How can I save username and password in Git?

I want to use a push and pull automatically in Git Extensions, Sourcetree or any other Git GUI without entering my username and password in a prompt, every time.

So how can I save my credentials in Git?

Solution

  • Attention:

    This method saves the credentials in plaintext on your PC's disk. Everyone on your computer can access it, e.g. malicious NPM modules.

    Run:

    git config --global credential.helper store

    then:

    git pull

    provide a username and password and those details will then be remembered later. The credentials are stored in a file on the disk, with the disk permissions of "just user readable/writable" but still in plaintext.

    If you want to change the password later:

    git pull

    Will fail, because the password is incorrect, git then removes the offending user+password from the ~/.git-credentials file, so now re-run:

    git pull

    to provide a new password so it works as earlier.