Questions tagged [git-credential-manager]

The Git Credential Manager (GCM) is a credential helper for Git.

Git Credential Manager (GCM) is a secure Git credential helper built on .NET that runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux. It aims to provide a consistent and secure authentication experience, including multi-factor auth, to every major source control hosting service and platform.

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Change GIT account of Visual Studio Team Explorer

I am having a very weird situation when cloning a Git repository from our company private server. The repository is not anonymous (it requires authentication), but when cloning, VS didn't ask any username and password and automatically use an old…
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Can't push from Git Bash: Could not find UI helper 'GitHub.UI'

After a fresh install, I could clone the repository, make changes and commits, but when I try to push I get the following warning: warning: could not find UI helper 'GitHub.UI' After this, the process seems to still be running, but it gets stuck…
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Visual studio 2017 with bitbucket, terminal prompts disabled

The visual studio stopped sending my commits to the bitbucket and this error appears Error encountered while cloning the remote repository: Git failed with a fatal error. HttpRequestException encountered. There was an error submitting the…
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What's the best encrypted git credential helper for Linux?

I've been looking for a good encrypted git credential helper for Linux (something that can store passwords in an encrypted way, and retrieve them later, conforming to the git-credential protocol), and I'm really surprised that not much seems to be…
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How can I suppress or resolve "info: detecting host provider for..." in Git?

I'm getting the following output when executing a fetch / pull via a powershell script: info: detecting host provider for '[devops site address]'... Normally, this wouldn't be an issue, however, Azure DevOps sees this output as an error and labels…
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How do I store credentials per repository in Git Credential Manager for Windows?

I have two GitHub accounts, work and personal, for which I want to securely store credentials in Windows 10. git config --global credential.helper manager only sets a single username and password, which conflicts between a repository from my…
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Atlassian Bitbucket Sourcetree Git Credential Manager prompt

Atlassian Bitbucket Sourcetree Git Credential Manager keeps prompting me to authenticate. I have tried several fixes, including the obvious: Entering auth, prompt re-appeared in 15 sec. Deleting all saved passwords. -Didnt work for me, prompt…
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How to determine the version of Git Credential Manager for Windows?

Is there a command or other way to determine the version of Credential Manager in my git installation?
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"fatal: Authentication failed" with git-credential-manager

I'm using Azure DevOps for the first time to host my next project. When I created an empty project on Azure Devops, I tried to clone it. While attempting to clone, it asked me for my password. I entered it and it says I have a wrong password but I…
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Git Credential Manager Not Found on WSL2

Error Message /mnt/c/Program\ Files/Git/mingw64/libexec/git-core/git-credential-manager-core.exe get: 1: /mnt/c/Program Files/Git/mingw64/libexec/git-core/git-credential-manager-core.exe: not found Problem Story I found this problem then git ask me…
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Git for Windows - issue with credential manager

I installed the Git-2.34.0-64-bit.exe from Git for Windows and picked most of the default options. The install said that it was going to use the "git-credential-manager-core" which seems to be the newest incarnation of this. Having completed the…
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List git credentials from credential helper

Seems like a simple problem but I can't find a solution, in my git config credentials stored in the cache(username and personal access token) the git config --list returns the credential info like this credential.helper=cache Is it possible to see…
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How is git credential manager secure if it displays token

I have credential.helper=manager-core, which is the new helper for windows credential manager. I don't understand how is it secure if you can get git to display your credentials with git credential fill. Steps to reproduce confirm the credential…
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Is Control Panel's Credential Manager same as git's credential helpers Credential Manager and Credential manager Core

I'm running the latest Git For Windows 2.29.2 and for me credential.helper is set to manager-core by default. I did confirm that running git config --system list. My Git installation shows it has two credential helpers Git Credential Manager for…
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How to fix duplicate account in git credential manager

git version 2.41.0.windows.2 PowerShell version 7.3.5 When I run git credential-manager github list, credential manager shows the same account twice: PS C:\Users\\dev\src\cs\ git credential-manager github…
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