Save username and password in git
Lately I started to work on a new environment and the first thing has been to install git.
The second thing has been to clone a repository and finally I started to pull and push things.
But! Every time I pulled and pushed something a very nasty little window started bothering me: insert username, insert password (because of course the repository was protected by a password)
And if initially I endured it, after the third time I started to hate it.
So…I decided to save locally my git username and password.
First I had to type this
git config --global credential.helper store
and then
git pull (or push)
You will be prompt (for the LAST TIME) the git username and password
They will be stored in a .git-credentials file in a clear format like:
https://username:password@repository
Normally this file is saved in your local [username] folder (in windows or linux OS)
There is the possibility to have a secure (and recommended) method using a ssh key. Alternatively you can use a caching timeout way of saving your credentials (just in memory for a limited period of time).
For a complete documentation please refer to: