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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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Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
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Jul 1, 2025, 17:03 UTC
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Hi Aditya,
On Tue, 1 Jul 2025, Aditya Garg wrote:
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> 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

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> 
> 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
> 
> I anyways manually added `helper = ` line and now it works well! Thanks a lot.
> 
> 
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  1. Aditya GargJul 1, 2025
  2. Johannes SchindelinJul 1, 2025
  3. Aditya GargJul 1, 2025
  4. Johannes SchindelinJul 1, 2025
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