How can I save username and password in Git

Question

I want to do a push and pull automatically in prompt without entering the username and password. I want to do it in the  Git Extensions, Sourcetree, or any other Git GUI. Is it possible? If yes how can I do it?

Answer 1

To save it as plain text  then run:

git config --global credential.helper store

Then:

git pull

Then in case if you wish to change your password later then:

git pull

This will fail but after this git will remove the offending user+password from the ~/.git-credentials file, so now re-run:

git pull

This will help you change the password.

I hope this helps.