Configuring user and password with Git Bash

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I am using Git Bash on Windows 7  We are using GitHub as our repository origin   Every time I push or pull I have to provide user and password credentials  I know that my SSH keys are set up correctly  otherwise I would not be able to access the repository   That is  once I enter my credentials the push pull works correctly    I have entered  git config --global user name myusername git config --global user email myemail git config --global github user myusername git config --global github token mytoken   But nonetheless I am being asked for credentials each and every time I push pull

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GnuPG can be used as cross-platform password manager, including GIT HTTPS credetials. Just use your GPG key-pair to encrypt/decrypt passwords(tokens...). To encrypt token(password) run:

gpg -e -o [PATH_TO_ENCRYPTED_TOKEN] -r "[GPG_KEY_USER_ID]"

type the token (or copy-paste it) then press Ctrl+D for ending input, or use file name with this token. Then make custom git credential helper: BASH file with name git-credential-[HELPER_LAST_NAME] (without SH extension):

#!/bin/bash
token=`gpg -d -r "[GPG_KEY_USER_ID]" [PATH_TO_ENCRYPTED_TOKEN] 2>/dev/null`
echo protocol=https
echo host=[YOUR_HOST]
echo username=[YOUR_USER_NAME]
echo password=$token

On MS-WINDOWS in GIT-BASH path names must use UNIX file separator - "/", just run in git-bash "echo $PATH"! Then put the helper into place as in $PATH. Then add and check the helper:

git config --global credential.helper [HELPER_LAST_NAME]
#then check it (password will be printed as plain text!!!):
git credential-[HELPER_LAST_NAME]

GnuPG can be used as password manager in Maven projects instead of Maven's password-encryption method. And so on.

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For those who are using access token and a Windows environment  there is a simple way to do it  Start menu   Credential Manager   Windows Credentials   find the line  Git  https   whatever your-repository url    edit  user name is  quot PersonalAccessToken quot  and password is your access token

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With git bash for Windows  the following combination of the other answers worked for me  repository checked out using the GitHub client i e  https  not ssh     Generate a Personal Access Token Start a git bash session within your repo run git config --global credential helper wincred run git pull give PersonalAccessToken as the username give the Personal Access Token as the password

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If you are a Mac user and have keychain enabled  you to need to remove the authorization information that is stored in the keychain   - Open up Keychain access - Click  All items  under category in the left-hand column - Search for git - Delete all git entries    Then you should change your username and email from the terminal using git config     git config --global user name  Bob     git config --global user email  bob example com    Now if you try to push to the repository you will be asked for a username and password  Enter the login credentials you are trying to switch to  This problem normally pops up if you signed into GitHub on a browser using a different username and password or previously switched accounts on your terminal

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If the git bash is not working properly due to recently changed password   You could open the Git GUI  and clone from there    It will ask for password  once entered  you can close the GIT GUI window   Now the git bash will work perfectly

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Try ssh-agent for installing the SSH key for use with Git  It should auto login after use of a passphrase

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add remote as   git remote add https   username password github com repodir myrepo git

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If your repo is of HTTPS repo  git config -e give this command in the git bash  Update the username and password by opening in insert mode  change the password or username give  x and Cntrl z keys  it will save and exit   So  From then  while you pull   push the code to the repository it will not ask for password

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From Git Bash I prefer to run the command   git config --global credential helper wincred   At that point running a command like git pull and entering your credentials one time should have it stored for future use  Git has a built-in credentials system that works in different OS environments  You can get more details here  7 14 Git Tools - Credential Storage

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Make sure you are using the SSH URL for the GitHub repository rather than the HTTPS URL  It will ask for username and password when you are using HTTPS and not SSH  You can check the file  git config or run git config -e or git remote show origin to verify the URL and change it if needed

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I wrote the answer inside this link  Still  I am sharing it here as well  Change username and email global git config --global user name  quot  lt username gt  quot  git config --global user email  quot  lt email gt  quot   Change username and email for current repo git config  user name  quot  lt username gt  quot  --replace-all git config  user email  quot  lt email gt  quot  --replace-all

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