Where is my remote git repository password stored on the local machine?

Question

I have a git repository set up on bitbucket

$ git remote -v
origin  https://myusername@bitbucket.org/myusername/my_repository_name.git (fetch)
origin  https://myusername@bitbucket.org/myusername/my_repository_name.git (push)

I pull and push to the repository from my office workstation and home PC. When I push or pull from my office workstation, it prompts me for the password. However when I push or pull from my home PC it doesn't prompt for a password.

I don't specifically remember what I did on my home PC to remember the password.

running $ git config credential.helper returns manager

$ git config credential.helper
manager

Contents .gitconfig file in my user folder at root level

[user]
name = myusername
email = user.name@email.com

Where is the password stored on the local disk?

What is the command to check the status of current credentials?

How do I similarly remember the password on my office workstation?

Note: I am using Windows 7

Have you checked this https://confluence.atlassian.com/bitbucketserver/permanently-authenticating-with-git-repositories-776639846.html — Smit, Mar 03 '17 at 17:22
Are you using the [Git Credential Manager](https://github.com/Microsoft/Git-Credential-Manager-for-Windows) at both home and work? If you are at work, it should remember. (link has information about where passwords are stored). — crashmstr, Mar 03 '17 at 18:00

score 58 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 04 '17 at 11:42

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if $ git config credential.helper returns manager, the password is stored in the windows credential manager, if it returns store, password is stored in a .git-credentials file in the user folder.

answered Mar 04 '17 at 11:42

Rahul Yadav

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It can be `osxkeychain` in that case then it is stored in keychain (Mac) – Eli Dec 31 '19 at 14:27
What if it returns helper-selector? – Powereleven Oct 05 '20 at 02:37

score 21 · Answer 2 · edited Nov 08 '21 at 11:34

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With the default configuration of git on windows, this is stored in Windows under: control panel => User => Credential manager.

See a more details answer here

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answered Mar 03 '17 at 18:00

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score 10 · Answer 3 · edited Nov 08 '21 at 12:29

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sudo cat ~/.git-credentials

If you have saved credentials locally, will yield
https://<USERNAME>:<PASSWORD_OR_TOKEN_IN_USE>@github.com

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answered Sep 22 '20 at 19:07

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score 3 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 28 '22 at 15:41

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In my case git config credential.helper was empty (local and global both). Turns out the credentials were stored in KWallet. Those are found in KWalletManager under ksshaskpass (even though I am using HTTPS auth for this particular repo) under "Passwords".

answered Jan 28 '22 at 15:41

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I was also looking in KWallet, but the `ksshaskpass` name seemed unrelated so I missed it. Thanks for pointing this! – Anton Belonovich Nov 04 '22 at 11:15

Where is my remote git repository password stored on the local machine?

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