Using the Git credentials manager
By default, SmartGit will handle repository authentication itself:
- Starting from version 18.1, SmartGit adds a custom
credential.helperconfiguration when executing remote commands to intercept Git’s credential callbacks. - Up to version 17.1, Git command line prompts for username and password will be intercepted and an appropriate authentication dialog will be shown.
Sometimes, it may be convenient/helpful to let Git and the operating system handle authentication instead.
You can tell Git to do so by configuring the Git credential helper in your global .gitconfig or in the .git/config of a specific repository.
Below are coarse instructions given for different operating systems, for details refer to the Git Book.
Windows
Use following configuration:
[credential]
helper = manager
macOS
Use following configuration:
[credential]
helper = osxkeychain