Git asking the password for Internet connection

Question

Git for Windows (Git Bash), OS Windows 7. Computer is in the domain of company.

For opportunity of getting GitHub repositories I added these settings in my .gitconfig file:

[http]
    proxy = http://HYPROSTROY\\Developer:my_password@proxy2:8080

[https]
    proxy = https://HYPROSTROY\\Developer:my_password@proxy2:8080

It works fine, when I launch something like

git clone https://github.com/nunit/nunit.git

But I don't want to save my password in the .gitconfig. I want Git Bash asking me about my password (it is more safe). How can I do that?

possible duplicate of [How to point Git to use cntlm](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13230420/how-to-point-git-to-use-cntlm) — nwinkler, Jul 10 '15 at 09:27
You can use something like CNTLM (see above link) to avoid the password in the proxy URL. — nwinkler, Jul 10 '15 at 09:28
Can you please clarify which password we are talking about? The one in the proxy URL, or the one for the GitHub repo? — nwinkler, Jul 10 '15 at 09:40
Do you have to use https or could you use ssh or direct git protocol? — Douglas Leeder, Jul 10 '15 at 09:42
@nwinkler, the password of my Windows login, which I use for login on my computer which is located on the domain. — Andrey Bushman, Jul 10 '15 at 09:43
That's the one you use in the proxy URL in `.gitconfig`, right? If so, there's no way to have Git ask you about that. You either have to keep it in `.gitconfig` like above, or use something like CNTLM (see the above link). — nwinkler, Jul 10 '15 at 09:49
@Douglas Leeder, I want to have safe opportunity to download repositories from GitHub. To me it isn't important, which it will be the protocol. Unfortunately, I haven't experience with protocols working. — Andrey Bushman, Jul 10 '15 at 09:51

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 10 '15 at 10:47

I tried for Git for Windows 1.9.5 (newest version for Windows from here) such variants of proxy settings in my .gitconfig file:

[http]
  proxy = http://@proxy2:8080
[https]
  proxy = https://@proxy2:8080

but it doesn't work for that (v1.9.5) version of Git.

I uninstalled v1.9.5 and installed Git for Windows Git-2.4.5.1-4th-release-candidate from here. I see, this settings works fine for Git for Windows Git-2.4.5.1-4RC!

So, I can don't save my password in .gitconfig file if I use Git for Windows Git-2.4.5.1-4th-release-candidate instead of Git for Windows 1.9.5.

Git asking the password for Internet connection

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