git password

[Craig Treleaven]

> On Oct 21, 2017, at 2:04 AM, Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia <jeremyhu at apple.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Oct 20, 2017, at 20:10, Joshua Root <jmr at macports.org> wrote:
>> 
>> On 2017-10-21 08:00 , Craig Treleaven wrote:
>>> Hi:
>>> Lately, I have to enter my github username and password every time I commit; git used to just remember these.  I suppose it is in a hidden config file somewhere but I don’t know where.
>>> Could some kind soul please give me directions in suitably small words for someone of limited git understanding?  ;)
>> 
>> You want git installed with the credential_osxkeychain variant, which is default. Then you want this in your git config:
>> 
>> [credential]
>> 	helper = osxkeychain
>> 
>> Then it should Just Work (at most you might get a Keychain unlock dialog).
>> 
> Note that credential.helper=osxkeychain is the default when using git provided by Xcode.  If you recently installed the git project in MacPorts (or elsewhere), that might explain why you're now entering your password.
> 

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I’m using MacPorts-provided git with the defaults:

$ port installed git
The following ports are currently installed:
  git @2.13.0_0+credential_osxkeychain+doc+pcre+perl5_24
  git @2.13.1_0+credential_osxkeychain+doc+pcre+perl5_24
  git @2.13.2_0+credential_osxkeychain+doc+pcre+perl5_24
  git @2.14.2_0+credential_osxkeychain+doc+pcre+perl5_24 (active)

Found a page on this credential.helper:

https://help.github.com/articles/caching-your-github-password-in-git/

Do I maybe need to do:  'git config --global credential.helper osxkeychain' ?

Craig
(Have to run now.)