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git push => git: 'credential-winstore' is not a git command.

Subject: git push => git: 'credential-winstore' is not a git command.

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3 messages between May 20, 2018 and May 23, 2018.

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Chris· May 20, 2018, 15:17 UTC · lore

Hi,

Windows 10 git version 2.17.0.windows.1

I'm having a problem very similar to this one: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11693074/git-credential-cache-is-not-a-git-command One of the comments on the question suggests this command:

git config --global --unset credential.helper

This did help me, because previously Git was trying to authenticate me with the Microsoft account I use to log into my Windows, which is unrelated to the account I need to use to push code. And it removed one of the two "git: 'credential-winstore' is not a git command." messages I was receiving.

But I still get one of them, so I tried reinstalling Git for Windows with the credential helper disabled, but that didn't help. Then I ran this command:

git config -e

And couldn't find any mention of [credential].

What can I do to get rid of this annoying message (and, for all I know, potential symptom of a larger problem)?

Thanks, Chris

Jeff King· May 23, 2018, 06:16 UTC · re: Chris · lore

Re: git push => git: 'credential-winstore' is not a git command.

On Sun, May 20, 2018 at 10:17:54AM -0500, Chris wrote:

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> git config --global --unset credential.helper
> 
> 
> This did help me, because previously Git was trying to authenticate me
> with the Microsoft account I use to log into my Windows, which is
> unrelated to the account I need to use to push code. And it removed
> one of the two "git: 'credential-winstore' is not a git command."
> messages I was receiving.
> 
> But I still get one of them, so I tried reinstalling Git for Windows
> with the credential helper disabled, but that didn't help. Then I ran
> this command:
> 
> git config -e
> 
> 
> And couldn't find any mention of [credential].

That command will only edit the local repository's config file. You may have other config for your user (--global) or for the machine (--system).

Try:

  git config --show-origin --get-regexp credential.*

to see any related config you have, and which file it comes from (you can also just do "--show-origin --list" to see all of the config).

> What can I do to get rid of this annoying message (and, for all I
> know, potential symptom of a larger problem)?

I don't know enough about Git for Windows packaging to know whether you're supposed to have the winstore credential helper installed. So it could be a symptom of some kind of installation problem. But in general, a missing credential helper isn't a big deal (it just means that Git can't ask it for a credential and will end up prompting you or using a different helper).

-Peff

Chris· May 23, 2018, 11:57 UTC · re: Jeff King · lore

Re: git push => git: 'credential-winstore' is not a git command.

Thanks, Peff. I should have thought about the configuration hierarchy... This evening I need to do some trial-and-error with the three credential entries that found. Want what you have, Chris

On Wed, May 23, 2018 at 1:16 AM, Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote:

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> On Sun, May 20, 2018 at 10:17:54AM -0500, Chris wrote:
>
>> git config --global --unset credential.helper
>>
>>
>> This did help me, because previously Git was trying to authenticate me
>> with the Microsoft account I use to log into my Windows, which is
>> unrelated to the account I need to use to push code. And it removed
>> one of the two "git: 'credential-winstore' is not a git command."
>> messages I was receiving.
>>
>> But I still get one of them, so I tried reinstalling Git for Windows
>> with the credential helper disabled, but that didn't help. Then I ran
>> this command:
>>
>> git config -e
>>
>>
>> And couldn't find any mention of [credential].
>
> That command will only edit the local repository's config file. You may
> have other config for your user (--global) or for the machine
> (--system).
>
> Try:
>
>   git config --show-origin --get-regexp credential.*
>
> to see any related config you have, and which file it comes from (you
> can also just do "--show-origin --list" to see all of the config).
>
>> What can I do to get rid of this annoying message (and, for all I
>> know, potential symptom of a larger problem)?
>
> I don't know enough about Git for Windows packaging to know whether
> you're supposed to have the winstore credential helper installed. So it
> could be a symptom of some kind of installation problem. But in general,
> a missing credential helper isn't a big deal (it just means that Git
> can't ask it for a credential and will end up prompting you or using a
> different helper).
>
> -Peff