/Shell/Bash/Git save username and password

Git save username and password

git config --global credential.helper store

Git save password global

git config --global user.name "your username"
git config --global user.password "your password"

git config --global credential.helper store

How to get git username and password

$ git config --global user.name "Mona Lisa"
$ git config --global user.name
$ mona

Source: help.github.com

Add credentials git linux

# This cache timeout is in seconds
$ git config --global credential.helper 'cache --timeout=3600'

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Git ubuntu store credential

$ git config credential.helper store
$ git push http://example.com/repo.git
Username: <type your username>
Password: <type your password>

[several days later]
$ git push http://example.com/repo.git
[your credentials are used automatically]

Source: git-scm.com

Git save password

// for storing globally
git config --global credential.helper store
git push origin <your branch>

//for folder specific
git config credential.helper store
git push origin <your branch>

// after pushing once with password from next time it wont ask for password

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