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Windows Password Changed, no longer able to use Git. No Credential Manager in Control Panel

Basically, what the title says. I needed to change my Windows password, and now I get an authentication error when I try to use git clone:

fatal: Authentication failed for '<git repo here>'

So far I've tried the following:

git config --global --add user.password "password here"
git config --global --unset user.password
git config --global credential.helper wincred

With no change apparent. I've also tried restarting git bash, Intellij, and my computer. Most of my search has boiled down to "use Credential Manager in Control Panel," but I don't seem to have it on my local machine.

Solution

  • Run the following command to set the config on a global level.

    git config --global credential.helper manager