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Change GIT login/username in IntelliJ IDEA, WebStorm, RubyMine etc

Authentication login/username for my GIT account changed. How do I tell this to my IntelliJ product?

Solution

  • GIT record login-name in remote repository URL. You can change that in IntelliJ product in couple of ways.

    Quick way 2021

    • Double-click SHIFT (i.e. SHIFT SHIFT)
    • Search-everywhere opens up
    • Start typing Manage Remotes...
    • Proceed as described below in quick way

    Quick way

    • Type CTRL + SHIFT + A to open Enter action or option name dialog Enter action or option name dialog filtering "remotes..."
    • Type Remotes... to filter the list as in image
    • Select Remotes... for Git (first selection on image) and following dialog is openede enter image description here
    • In Git Remotes dialog, use pencil icon to open Define Remote dialog enter image description here
    • Press OK to confirm
    • Re-enter your password and optionally have IntelliJ store it.

    Point and Click way

    • Select VCS menu
    • Hover on Git menu item
    • Select from sub-menu Remotes...
    • Continue as described above

    Terminal way

    • Open Terminal in your IntelliJ tool ALT + F12
    • Enter command git ls-remotes --get-url to see your current remotes
    • Enter command with modified username git remotes set-url https://my_new_user@my.git.server/path/to/project.git