git-credential-store - helper to store credentials on disk
git config credential.helper 'store [options]'
GIT-CREDENTIAL-STO(1) Git Manual GIT-CREDENTIAL-STO(1)
NAME
git-credential-store - helper to store credentials on disk
SYNOPSIS
git config credential.helper 'store [options]'
DESCRIPTION
Note
Using this helper will store your passwords unencrypted on disk,
protected only by filesystem permissions. If this is not an
acceptable security tradeoff, try git-credential-cache(1), or find
a helper that integrates with secure storage provided by your
operating system.
This command stores credentials indefinitely on disk for use by future
git programs.
You probably don't want to invoke this command directly; it is meant to
be used as a credential helper by other parts of git. See
gitcredentials(5) or EXAMPLES below.
OPTIONS
--store=<path>
Use <path> to store credentials. The file will have its filesystem
permissions set to prevent other users on the system from reading
it, but will not be encrypted or otherwise protected. Defaults to
~/.git-credentials.
EXAMPLES
The point of this helper is to reduce the number of times you must type
your username or password. For example:
$ git config credential.helper store
$ git push http://example.com/repo.git
Username: <type your username>
Password: <type your password>
[several days later]
$ git push http://example.com/repo.git
[your credentials are used automatically]
STORAGE FORMAT
The .git-credentials file is stored in plaintext. Each credential is
stored on its own line as a URL like:
https://user:pass@example.com
When git needs authentication for a particular URL context,
credential-store will consider that context a pattern to match against
each entry in the credentials file. If the protocol, hostname, and
username (if we already have one) match, then the password is returned
to git. See the discussion of configuration in gitcredentials(5) for
more information.
GIT
Part of the git(1) suite
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+---------------+--------------------------+
|ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+---------------+--------------------------+
|Availability | developer/versioning/git |
+---------------+--------------------------+
|Stability | Uncommitted |
+---------------+--------------------------+
NOTES
This software was built from source available at
https://java.net/projects/solaris-userland. The original community
source was downloaded from http://git-
core.googlecode.com/files/git-1.7.9.2.tar.gz
Further information about this software can be found on the open source
community website at http://git-scm.com/.
Git 1.7.9.2 02/22/2012 GIT-CREDENTIAL-STO(1)