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

> Hi Aditya,
> 
> On Tue, 1 Jul 2025, Aditya Garg wrote:
> 
>> On 01-07-2025 10:11 pm, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
>>
>>> So the trick is to call `git config set --global --add
>>> credential.helper ''`
>>
>> I wonder if this is a bug in git for windows?
> 
> No, the actual trick is for me to read the manual page myself ;-) The
> option is called `--append`:
> https://git-scm.com/docs/git-config#Documentation/git-config.txt---append
> 
> Ciao,
> Johannes
> 
>>
>> PS C:\Users\Aditya\git> git config set --global --add credential.helper ''
>> error: unknown option `add'
>> usage: git config set [<file-option>] [--type=<type>] [--comment=<message>] [--all] [--value=<value>] [--fixed-value] <name> <value>
>>
>> Config file location
>>     --[no-]global         use global config file
>>     --[no-]system         use system config file
>>     --[no-]local          use repository config file
>>     --[no-]worktree       use per-worktree config file
>>     -f, --[no-]file <file>
>>                           use given config file
>>     --[no-]blob <blob-id> read config from given blob object
>>
>> Type
>>     -t, --[no-]type <type>
>>                           value is given this type
>>     --bool                value is "true" or "false"
>>     --int                 value is decimal number
>>     --bool-or-int         value is --bool or --int
>>     --bool-or-str         value is --bool or string
>>     --path                value is a path (file or directory name)
>>     --expiry-date         value is an expiry date
>>
>> Filter
>>     --[no-]all            replace multi-valued config option with new value
>>     --[no-]value <pattern>
>>                           show config with values matching the pattern
>>     --[no-]fixed-value    use string equality when comparing values to value pattern
>>
>> Other
>>     --[no-]comment <value>
>>                           human-readable comment string (# will be prepended as needed)
>>     --[no-]append         add a new line without altering any existing values
>>
>>
>> Or you meant by --append as per https://git-scm.com/docs/git-config