Configuring user and password with Git Bash

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eeejay picture eeejay · Jan 12, 2012 · Viewed 470.4k times · Source

I am using Git Bash on Windows 7. We are using GitHub as our repository origin.

Every time I push or pull I have to provide user and password credentials. I know that my SSH keys are set up correctly, otherwise I would not be able to access the repository. (That is, once I enter my credentials the push/pull works correctly.)

I have entered

git config --global user.name myusername
git config --global user.email myemail
git config --global github.user myusername
git config --global github.token mytoken

But nonetheless I am being asked for credentials each and every time I push/pull.

Answer

manojlds picture manojlds · Jan 12, 2012

Make sure you are using the SSH URL for the GitHub repository rather than the HTTPS URL. It will ask for username and password when you are using HTTPS and not SSH. You can check the file .git/config or run git config -e or git remote show origin to verify the URL and change it if needed.

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