TortoiseGit save user authentication credentials

Question

Is there a way to save GITHUB s user credentials with TortoiseGit   It prompts me the below dialog every time whenever I do a push pull   I would like to save my user credential information somewhere like how I did with TortoiseSVN

User · Answer

None of the above answers worked for me using git version 1.8.3.msysgit.0 and TortoiseGit 1.8.4.0.

In my particular situation, I have to connect to the remote git repo over HTTPS, using a full blown e-mail address as username. In this situation, wincred did not appear to work.

Using the email address as a part of the repo URL also did not work, as the software seems to be confused by the double appearance of the '@' character in the URL.

I did manage to overcome the problem using winstore. Here is what I did:

Download winstore from http://gitcredentialstore.codeplex.com/
Run git-credential-winstore.exe to install it.

This will copy the git-credential-winstore.exe to a local directory and add two lines to your global .gitconfig. You can verify this by examining your global .gitconfig. This is easiest done via right mouse button on a folder, "TortoiseGit > Settings > Git > Edit global .gitconfig". The file should contain two lines like:

    [credential]
        helper = !'C:\\Users\\yourlogin\\AppData\\Roaming\\GitCredStore\\git-credential-winstore.exe'

No other TortoiseGit settings are needed under "Network" or "Credential". In particular: the "Credential helper" pull down menu under "Credential" will have gone blank as a result of these configuration lines, since TortoiseGit does not recognize the new helper. Do not set the pull down menu to another value or the global .gitconfig will be overwritten with an incorrect value! (*)

You are now ready to go:

Try to pull from the remote repository. You will notice an authentication popup asking your username and password, the popup should be visually different from the default TortoiseGit popup. This is a good sign and means winstore works. Enter the correct authentication and the pull should succeed.
Try the same pull again, and your username and password should no longer be asked.

Done! Enjoy your interactions with the remote repo while winstore takes care of the authentication.

(*) Alternatively, if you don't like the blank selection in the TortoiseGit Credential settings helper pull down menu, you can use the "Advanced" option:

Go to "TortoiseGit > Settings > Credential"
Select Credential helper "Advanced"
Click on the "G" (for global) under Helpers
Enter the Helper path as below. Note: a regular Windows path notation (e.g. "C:\Users...") will not work here, you have to replicate the exact line that installing winstore created in the global .gitconf without the "helper =" bit.
```
!'C:\\Users\\yourlogin\\AppData\\Roaming\\GitCredStore\\git-credential-winstore.exe'
```
Click the "Add New/Save" button

User · Answer

For TortoiseGit 1 8 1 2 or later  there is a GUI to switch on off credential helper   It supports git-credential-wincred and git-credential-winstore   TortoiseGit 1 8 16 add support for git-credential-manager  Git Credential Manager  the successor of git-credential-winstore   For the first time you sync you are asked for user and password  you enter them and they will be saved to Windows credential store  It won t ask for user or password the next time you sync   To use  Right click  rarr  TortoiseGit  rarr  Settings  rarr  Git  rarr  Credential  Select Credential helper  wincred - this repository only   wincred - current Windows user

User · Answer

I upgraded to my  Git for Windows to latest  2 30 0  64-bit and it works fine now  get the latest from the url https   git-scm com download win  and run the commands below to verify    git --version   git version 2 30 0 windows 1

User · Answer

Saving username and password with TortoiseGit  Saving your login details in TortoiseGit is pretty easy   Saves having to type in your username and password every time you do a pull or push    Create a file called  netrc with the following contents   machine github com login   yourlogin password yourpassword Copy the file to C  Users   or another location  this just happens to be where I   ve put it  Go to command prompt  type setx home C  Users    Note  if you   re using something earlier than Windows 7  the setx command may not work for you   Use set instead and add the home environment variable to Windows using via the Advanced Settings under My Computer   CREDIT TO  http   www munsplace com blog 2012 07 27 saving-username-and-password-with-tortoisegit

User · Answer

open git settings  TortoiseGit   Settings   Git   1    In GIt  click to edit global  gitconfig  2   config username and password

User · Answer

If you re going to downvote this answer  I wrote this a few months prior to the inclusion of git-credential in TortoiseGit  Given the number of large security holes found in the last few years and how much I ve learned about network security  I would HIGHLY recommend you use a unique  minimum 2048-bit RSA  SSH key for every server you connect to   The below syntax is still available  though there are far better tools available today like git-credential that the accepted answer tells you how to use  Do that instead     Try changing the remote URL to https   username github com username repo git where username is your github username and repo is the name of your repository   If you also want to store your password  not recommended   the URL would look like this  https   username password github com username repo git   There s also another way to store the password from this github help article  https   help github com articles set-up-git password-caching

User · Answer

For msysgit 1 8 0  download git-credential-wincred exe from https   github com downloads msysgit git git-credential-wincred zip and put into C  Program Files Git libexec git-core  For msysgit 1 8 1 and later  the exe is built-in   in git config  add the following settings    credential  helper   wincred

User · Answer

Goto the project repo  right click -   Git Bash Here   In the git bash windows type   cd   pwd   i get something like this    c Users  lt windows username gt    Now copy your public and private keys to this path  C  Users  lt windows username gt   ssh   i got the below files there  id rsa id rsa pub known hosts   here  Now when ever it needs to use the credentials it uses these files and prompt for password if needed

User · Answer

If you are a windows 10   TortoiseGit 2 7 user    for the first time login  simply follow the prompts to enter your credentials and save password  If you ever need to update your credentials  don t waste your time at the TortoiseGit settings  Instead  windows search Credential Manager  Windows Credentials   find your git entry   Edit

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