How do I avoid the specification of the username and password at every git push?
Permanently authenticating with Git repositories,
Run the following command to enable credential caching.
$ git config credential.helper store
$ git push https://github.com/repo.git
Username for 'https://github.com': <USERNAME>
Password for 'https://[email protected]': <PASSWORD>
Use should also specify caching expire,
git config --global credential.helper 'cache --timeout 7200'
After enabling credential caching, it will be cached for 7200 seconds (2 hours).
Note: Credential helper stores an unencrypted password on a local disk.
If you already have your SSH keys set up and are still getting the password prompt, make sure your repo URL is in the form
git+ssh://[email protected]/username/reponame.git
as opposed to
https://github.com/username/reponame.git
To see your repo URL, run:
git remote show origin
You can change the URL with git remote set-url
like so:
git remote set-url origin git+ssh://[email protected]/username/reponame.git
1. Generate an SSH key
Linux/Mac
Open terminal to create ssh keys:
cd ~ #Your home directory
ssh-keygen -t rsa #Press enter for all values
For Windows
(Only works if the commit program is capable of using certificates/private & public ssh keys)
- Use Putty Gen to generate a key
- Export the key as an open SSH key
Here is a walkthrough on putty gen for the above steps
2. Associate the SSH key with the remote repository
This step varies, depending on how your remote is set up.
If it is a GitHub repository and you have administrative privileges, go to settings and click 'add SSH key'. Copy the contents of your
~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
into the field labeled 'Key'.If your repository is administered by somebody else, give the administrator your
id_rsa.pub
.If your remote repository is administered by your, you can use this command for example:
scp ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub YOUR_USER@YOUR_IP:~/.ssh/authorized_keys/id_rsa.pub
3. Set your remote URL to a form that supports SSH 1
If you have done the steps above and are still getting the password prompt, make sure your repo URL is in the form
git+ssh://[email protected]/username/reponame.git
as opposed to
https://github.com/username/reponame.git
To see your repo URL, run:
git remote show origin
You can change the URL with:
git remote set-url origin git+ssh://[email protected]/username/reponame.git
[1] This section incorporates the answer from Eric P
Just use --repo
option for git push command. Like this:
$ git push --repo https://name:[email protected]/name/repo.git