Git Credentials. Avoid repetitions using Credential Helpers.

Tips:

• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21615431/git-pushes-with-wrong-user-from-terminal
• https://help.github.com/articles/creating-a-personal-access-token-for-the-command-line/
  • Note, sometimes an additionl step is needed to “Enable SSO” on the github page
• https://help.github.com/articles/caching-your-github-password-in-git/
• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/15381198/remove-credentials-from-git
  • This showed how to delete generic credentials credentials stored on the machine
• In cases when 2FA is required  one needs to add a personal access token.
  • We can create one by ourselves following the steps above.
  • As an alternative, we can install ‘Git Credential Manager for Windows’.  After installing the credential manager, you will be able to ‘git-credential-manager.exe’ in your git folder  (libexec\git-core) . This makes things much easier.

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I recently had to figure out how to save my git credentials, so i wouldn’t have to keep typing them repeatedly.

The references below helped me get past the issue. Some notes below:

Notes:

• The credentials are set separately for each repo.
• Read the documentation that is provided with “git help credentials”
  • “Credential helpers, on the other hand, are external programs from which Git can request both usernames and passwords; they typically interface with secure storage provided by the OS or other programs.”
• I ended up using a Credential manager
  • I installed the Git Credential manager for Windows.
• Initially the command “git config –list”   did not have a ‘credential.helper’ set
  • As mentioned in the reference #2, i set it by using :  git config credential.helper manager.
  • After doing this,  I could save my username and password and avoid the repetiotion

References:

• $ git help credentials. <-- Read this! Very Useful

• https://github.com/Microsoft/Git-Credential-Manager-for-Windows