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Re: Why git on windows pops up Git Credential Manager inspite of having set a credential helper in .gitconfig

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Aditya Garg <gargaditya08@live.com>
Date
Jul 1, 2025, 17:02 UTC
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> If you can't or don't want to reinstall Git for Windows to reconfigure
> it, you could try setting the `credential.helper` option to an empty
> string and then configuring the helper you want.  For instance, it might
> look like this (not valid for Windows, just an example):
> 
>     [credential]
>         helper =
>         helper = libsecret
> 
That's exactly what I did, and it fixed my issue. Thanks!
> The empty string resets the list to remove any existing helpers and then
> you can append whatever values you want (in my case, libsecret, but
> again, that almost certainly does not work on Windows).
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  1. Aditya GargJul 1, 2025
  2. Johannes SchindelinJul 1, 2025
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  6. brian m. carlsonJul 1, 2025
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