How to Save Remote Username and Password for Git

Assumptions

  • You are using Git version 2.16.2 or greater

Steps

  1. Configure the credential helper for the repository to be the store helper

    The store helper stores the credentials in a user readable only file after the credentials are supplied once.

    $ git config credential.helper 'store --file=/home/*my-account*/.git-credentials-WUSTL'

    or

    $ git config credential.helper 'store --file=/home/*my-account*/.git-credentials-PERSONAL'

  2. Issue a command that requires the credentials

    $ git push origin --all # supply username and password as prompted

    If the credentials have already been stored in the specified file, then they will be used.

    If the credentials have not already been stored in the specified file, then the username and password will then be stored in the specified file. Next time they are needed, they will be retrieved from the store (the file) and you will no longer need to supply them.

  3. To reset them, you can delete the specified store file and issue a command that requires the credentials.