NAME
git-credential-store - Helper to store credentials on diskSYNOPSIS
git config credential.helper 'store [<options>]'
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
--file=<path>Use <path> to lookup and store
credentials. The file will have its filesystem permissions set to prevent
other users on the system from reading it, but will not be encrypted or
otherwise protected. If not specified, credentials will be searched for from
~/.git-credentials and $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/credentials, and
credentials will be written to ~/.git-credentials if it exists, or
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/credentials if it exists and the former does not.
See also the section called “FILES”.
FILES
If not set explicitly with --file, there are two files where git-credential-store will search for credentials in order of precedence: ~/.git-credentialsUser-specific credentials file.
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/credentials
Second user-specific credentials file. If
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME is not set or empty,
$HOME/.config/git/credentials will be used. Any credentials stored in
this file will not be used if ~/.git-credentials has a matching
credential as well. It is a good idea not to create this file if you sometimes
use older versions of Git that do not support it.
EXAMPLES
The point of this helper is to reduce the number of times you must type your username or password. For example:$ 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]
STORAGE FORMAT
The .git-credentials file is stored in plaintext. Each credential is stored on its own line as a URL like:https://user:[email protected]
GIT
Part of the git(1) suite02/28/2023 | Git 2.39.2 |