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Related questions: netrc not accepted by git and Git - How to use .netrc file on windows to save user and password

I am trying to push changes to a code.google.com git repository. I am using Git Extensions. My HOME variable is set in both Windows and Git Bash.

C:\> echo %HOME%
C:\Users\Username

$ echo $HOME
/c/Users/Username

And I have added a file in %HOME% called _netrc

machine code.google.com
login username@gmail.com
password GOOGLEGENERATED

Obviously Username is replaced by my username and GOOGLEGENERATED is the google generated password. When attempting to push, I get this error message:

C:\Program Files\Git\bin\git.exe push -u --recurse-submodules=check "origin" master:master Done fatal: remote error: Invalid username/password. You may need to use your generated googlecode.com password; see https://code.google.com/hosting/settings

The related questions suggest that everything is setup properly, but it is still not working. Any ideas?

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Remove username@ from the url entry for origin in .git/config

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  • Might also be helpful to some to point out that this is done in the repository folder, not the global config. (was the case for me anyway) – cgp Jan 03 '13 at 17:27
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So, for those who are new at this, do the following in git bash:

git config --global user.name "google.username"

git config --global user.email "google.username@gmail.com"

git remote set-url origin https://code.google.com/p/projectname

This worked for me. I didn't do anything with a _netrc or .netrc file.

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