How can I change the user on Git Bash?

Fre1234 picture Fre1234 · Sep 10, 2016 · Viewed 98.5k times · Source

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I want to sign out an actual user so I can sign in with another user.

What I see in Git bash is:

MINGW64 ~/Documents/NetBeansProjects/ConstructorJava (master)
git push -u origin/master
remote: Permission to Fre1234/ConstructorJava.git denied to Fre123.  
Fatal: unable to access https://github.com/Fre1234/ConstructorJava.git/": The requested URL returned error: 403

Answer

VonC picture VonC · Sep 13, 2016

Check what git remote -v returns: the account used to push to an http url is usually embedded into the remote url itself.

https://[email protected]/...

If that is the case, put an url which will force Git to ask for the account to use when pushing:

git remote set-url origin https://github.com/<user>/<repo>

Or one to use the Fre1234 account:

git remote set-url origin https://[email protected]/<user>/<repo>

Also check if you installed your Git For Windows with or without a credential helper as in this question.


The OP Fre1234 adds in the comments:

I finally found the solution.
Go to: Control Panel -> User Accounts -> Manage your credentials -> Windows Credentials

Under Generic Credentials there are some credentials related to Github,
Click on them and click "Remove".

That is because the default installation for Git for Windows set a Git-Credential-Manager-for-Windows.
See git config --global credential.helper output (it should be manager)