git credential helper not working

Question

I'm trying to save my git password to avoid typing every time.

I am using git bash on windows 10.

git continues to demand a password everytime I hit remote.

(Is git bash why its not working?)

I have tried:

git config --global credential.helper 'cache --timeout 28800'

And:

git config --global credential.helper store

and:

git config --global credential.helper wincred

I've tried it in both git bash and cmd, so I guess it's not git bash causing the problem.

What version of git? Do you use ssh URLs or http URLs for remotes? — phd, May 10 '18 at 22:14
@phd `git version 2.16.2.windows.1` and this repo was cloned with a .git extension... so that is ssh? — mtyson, May 10 '18 at 22:23
Well, if you don't know your remotes URLs let's see: `git remote -v`. — phd, May 10 '18 at 22:47
@phd It looks like this: `origin [email protected]:/home/matt/baz.git (fetch)` — mtyson, May 10 '18 at 22:52
`user@host` are ssh (scp-like, to be precise) URLs, their credentials are not managed by `credential.helper`. — phd, May 10 '18 at 23:08
@phd Is there any way to save the cred with ssh style? Or should I try using http? — mtyson, May 10 '18 at 23:11
Possible duplicate of [SSH Key - Still asking for password and passphrase](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21095054/ssh-key-still-asking-for-password-and-passphrase) — phd, May 10 '18 at 23:13
@phd OK, I added an ssh key... can I force that to take without recloning repo? — mtyson, May 10 '18 at 23:39
You don't need to reclone, you need to add the public key to your account at the server and verify with `ssh [email protected]` — should login without asking for password. — phd, May 11 '18 at 00:02
@phd Just want to say thanks for taking the time to help me understand. — mtyson, May 11 '18 at 15:13

score 11 · Accepted Answer · answered May 11 '18 at 04:59

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First, for Windows, the credential helper to use is manager:

git config --global credential.helper manager

Second, this only works for HTTPS URLs, not SSH ones ([email protected])

For SSHs, it is either:

asking for a passphrase because your private SSH key is passphrase-protected.
If that is the case, check ssh-agent: see "Adding your SSH key to the ssh-agent"
asking for matt's password because it does not find your public key on the remote server art ~matt/.ssh/authorized_keys.

answered May 11 '18 at 04:59

VonC

Excellent, thanks. That is what I had learned from @phd's comments above. – mtyson May 11 '18 at 15:14
How can I obtain the public key now that I have generated it? – mtyson May 11 '18 at 15:14
In ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub – VonC May 11 '18 at 15:15

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