ubuntu git set username and password code example

Example 1: how to change username and password in git

# change the whole things in one go
git config --global credential.helper cache # to enable credentail helper
git config --global --edit

Example 2: save account to git

git config --global credential.helper store

Example 3: add credentials git linux

# This cache timeout is in seconds
$ git config --global credential.helper 'cache --timeout=3600'