Cache http git passwords in windows: mysysgit

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Git: How can I cache password locally in windows machine. I have mysysgit and tortoisegit

Edit:
I use https

@Will, This is about http git and not ssh auth. The linked Q is with ssh — Quintin Par, Mar 25 '11 at 05:07
Sorry, its kind of unclear exactly how this applies to programming/software development tools. Can you edit your question to clarify? — , Mar 25 '11 at 12:38
@Will How is this unclear? I had the same question. I consider Git Version Control a development tool. I have used other so-called version control tools that were more of a hindrance. I call these Developer-Control tools. :-) — Mark Good, Dec 15 '11 at 15:59
@MarkGood: It would have to be storage of a password for those git apps is different than for any other app on your machine. — , Dec 15 '11 at 16:19

score 5 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:04

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In a more recent answer, VonC points out that you can put your username and password for a particular host that you access over https in a file called _netrc in your home directory, and git will use them for the HTTP transport. For example, if you're trying to access the repository referred to by the URL https://you@github.com/you/project.git, you would put the following in _netrc:

machine github.com
  login you
  password yourpassword

edited May 23 '17 at 12:04

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answered Mar 26 '11 at 07:35

Mark Longair

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Seems that should be "login" instead of "username" in the second line – Christoph Rüegg Apr 12 '12 at 00:25
@ChristophRüegg: oops, thank-you for pointing that out - I've fixed it now. – Mark Longair Apr 12 '12 at 13:16

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 10 '12 at 23:15

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You can install git-credential-winstore to save git passwords in Windows credentials manager

answered Oct 10 '12 at 23:15

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git-credential-winstore requires .NET 4 – linquize Nov 15 '12 at 04:18
If you've installed git within Cygwin, it does not recognize normal Windows paths. Install GitCredentialWinstore using normal cmd.exe: git-credentials-winstore.exe -i C:\Cygwin\bin\git.exe and then in Cygwin: $ git config --replace-all --global credential.helper /cygdrive/c/Users/..youruserid../AppData/Roaming/GitCredStore/git-credential-winstore.exe – akauppi Aug 04 '14 at 05:33

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 15 '12 at 04:17

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Since msysgit 1.8.0, there is also a built-in credential helper program git-credential-wincred, which does not require .NET framework.

However, it is missing from current installation package.

answered Nov 15 '12 at 04:17

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Cache http git passwords in windows: mysysgit

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