Stream: committers/git-help
Topic: Remembering passwords
Grahame Grieve (Jun 17 2019 at 21:03):
I want git to remember my password and not keep prompting me for it.
Grahame Grieve (Jun 17 2019 at 21:03):
standard web advice doesn't work...
Lloyd McKenzie (Jun 18 2019 at 02:29):
TortoiseGit on Windows seems to remember.
Grahame Grieve (Jun 18 2019 at 02:42):
I had to use the magic keyword --global
Josh Mandel (Jun 18 2019 at 14:21):
My best advice is to use ssh keys, not passwords
Josh Mandel (Jun 18 2019 at 14:22):
https://help.github.com/en/articles/connecting-to-github-with-ssh has background
Grahame Grieve (Jun 18 2019 at 17:41):
looks awesomely more complicated ;-)
Josh Mandel (Jun 18 2019 at 22:41):
It's even more awesomely complicated if you store your ssh keys in a hardware security token (yubikey) -- but ever so much fun.
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