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Secure, cross-platform Git credential storage with authentication to GitHub, Azure Repos, and other popular Git hosting services.

18 mentions on Hacker News by 12 people: 3 stories, 15 comments · first 2020-07-02 · latest 2025-03-23

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  1. …like the github cli: https://cli.github.com/manual/gh_auth_setup-git or git-credential-manager: https://github.com/git-ecosystem/git-credential-manager
    comment by arccy · 2025-03-23 · in Supply Chain Attacks on Linux Distributions – Fedora Pagure
  2. Also git credential manager: https://github.com/git-ecosystem/git-credential-manager
    comment by hypeatei · 2024-08-10 · in Ladybird browser to start using Swift language this fall
  3. …manage the "github.com/git-ecosystem" org or has it been transitioned to new owners by now? [0]: https://github.com/Microsoft/git-credential-manager-core
    comment by 3np · 2024-07-19 · in Git-credential-manager: Secure, cross-platform Git credential storage
  4. https://github.com/git-ecosystem/git-credential-manager
    comment by tracker1 · 2024-02-04 · in AvaloniaUI: Create Multi-Platform Apps with .NET
  5. GCM (which I guess inspired this) is already available via Homebrew https://github.com/git-ecosystem/git-credential-manager/blob...
    comment by cglong · 2023-06-01 · in Show HN: Git credential helper using OAuth in browser
  6. Git has a lot of options for managing credentials ( https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Tools-Credential-Storage https://git-scm.com/docs/gitcredentials https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/keeping-your-accou... ). For MFA:…
    comment by 0xbadcafebee · 2022-10-18 · in Fine-grained personal access tokens for GitHub
  7. ADO works fine for me. Have you installed git-credential-manager[1]? [1]: https://github.com/GitCredentialManager/git-credential-manag...
    comment by bouke · 2022-08-28 · in Ask HN: Is doing .NET development on a Mac viable today?
  8. https://github.com/GitCredentialManager/git-credential-manag... (comes bundled with Git for Windows; you can install it for macOS). SSH is also an option on both platforms, though historically a bit harder on Windows than elsewhere.…
    comment by vtbassmatt · 2022-01-11 · in Tell HN: GitHub no longer supporting unauthenticated `git://`
  9. Using username/PAT works with https:// , not git://. An easier route might be GCM Core ( https://github.com/microsoft/Git-Credential-Manager-Core ). And of course, disclosure, I'm the product manager for GCM Core and author of this blog…
    comment by vtbassmatt · 2021-09-02 · in Improving Git protocol security on GitHub
  10. Have you filed an issue on it? We'd be happy to investigate. https://github.com/microsoft/Git-Credential-Manager-Core/iss...
    comment by vtbassmatt · 2021-08-13 · in Git password authentication is shutting down
  11. You can use a git credential manager that supports GitHub login flows. GCM Core is the big one: https://github.com/microsoft/Git-Credential-Manager-Core (It lets you login to GitHub in a popup browser window and then manages the access…
    comment by WorldMaker · 2021-08-12 · in Git password authentication is shutting down
  12. …specific" passwords instead of SSH keys. You can use a git credential manager such as GCM Core ( https://github.com/microsoft/Git-Credential-Manager-Core ) to automate the flow from username/password to access token. (It pops up a browser…
    comment by WorldMaker · 2021-08-12 · in Git password authentication is shutting down
  13. You can use a supporting Git Credential Manager (such as GCM Core: https://github.com/microsoft/Git-Credential-Manager-Core ) to keep using HTTPS and login/password. Instead of typing in your username/password directly in the CLI, it pops…
    comment by WorldMaker · 2021-08-12 · in Git password authentication is shutting down
  14. …at pushing the HTTPS links first.) ETA: A link for the main tool that provides this user flow: https://github.com/microsoft/Git-Credential-Manager-Core
    comment by WorldMaker · 2021-08-12 · in Git password authentication is shutting down
  15. …with Git for Windows by default, can be installed with `brew` on macOS, and from a .deb on Linux. https://github.com/microsoft/Git-Credential-Manager-Core (it started under the Microsoft banner but is maintained by GitHub employees now).
    comment by vtbassmatt · 2021-08-12 · in Git password authentication is shutting down