How to enter command with password for git pull?

git bash command
Anton Medvedev picture Anton Medvedev · Jul 16, 2012 · Viewed 292.4k times · Source

I want to do this command in one line: 

git pull && [my passphrase]

How to do it?

Answer

eis picture eis · Jul 16, 2012

This is not exactly what you asked for, but for http(s):

  • you can put the password in .netrc file (_netrc on windows). From there it would be picked up automatically. It would go to your home folder with 600 permissions.
  • you could also just clone the repo with https://user:pass@domain/repo but that's not really recommended as it would show your user/pass in a lot of places...
  • a new option is to use the credential helper. Note that credentials would be stored in clear text in your local config using standard credential helper. credential-helper with wincred can be also used on windows.

Usage examples for credential helper

  • git config credential.helper store - stores the credentials indefinitely.
  • git config credential.helper 'cache --timeout=3600'- stores for 60 minutes

For ssh-based access, you'd use ssh agent that will provide the ssh key when needed. This would require generating keys on your computer, storing the public key on the remote server and adding the private key to relevant keystore.

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