Remove password from git

Question

When I change files and write:

git add .
git commit -m "test"
git push

then git automaticaly pushes it to my github account without asking about username and password. I have tried:

git config --global --remove-section user
git config --global --unset-all user.name
git config --global --unset-all user.email
git config --global --unset-all user.password

but didn't help...
I have also delete folder with git SSH keys.
When I commit I get a message: Committer: Xxx Xxx <xxx@xxx.com> Your name and email address were configured automatically based on your username and hostname. But this email xxx@xxx.com differs from my github account email... Why still git recognizes password and username?

I'm not using SSH key becuz I delete thefolder containing it from my computer. Yes, I push it to github. — stakowerflol, Sep 14 '18 at 22:01
Does this answer your question? [Remove sensitive files and their commits from Git history](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/872565/remove-sensitive-files-and-their-commits-from-git-history) — jpaugh, Aug 26 '20 at 14:08

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 27 '23 at 13:15

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Just using --unset instead of --unset-all worked for me to delete my password to put my new SSH token.

So git config --global --unset user.password and then any git action that requires credentials triggers the login with user and password again

answered Mar 27 '23 at 13:15

Klara Röhrl

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 14 '18 at 21:28

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One of two things has happened:

Your Git repository is unprotected and you allow anonymous pushes to it.
Your Git repository is configured with an SSH key that is on your local machine.

If you want to require that Git ask you for a username and password, then you need to not use the git:// protocol; simply using the https:// protocol will address the issue.

To do this, change the remote branches of your repository to https.

git remote set-url origin https://github.com/USERNAME/REPOSITORY.git

answered Sep 14 '18 at 21:28

Makoto

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Third option: a password manager stores the user name and password – Code-Apprentice Sep 14 '18 at 21:32
1. In another computer I must provide user.name and password when I want to push to my account. 2. I have deleted folder with SSH keys on my computer. 3. remote url origin is `https://` When I do commit I get message: ` `Committer: Xxx Xxx Your name and email address were configured automatically based on your username and hostname.` But this email xxx@xxx.com differs from my github account email... – stakowerflol Sep 14 '18 at 21:48

Remove password from git

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