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Git credential cache, why type password again and again

Tired of entering password again and again, when ever pull or push to server ?

Run this command to remember your password:

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

Above command will tell git to cache your password for 8 hours.

How to make git forget this password ?

If you want to switch to another github account then u can run this command

git credential-cache exit

Above command will flush any stored password from cache.


Reference: http://git-scm.com/docs/git-credential-cache

Windows User ?

git config --global credential.helper wincred

Ref for Windows: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11693074/git-credential-cache-is-not-a-git-command

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