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How do I ensure Git doesn't ask me for my GitHub username and password?

Fresh3 days ago
Mar 15, 2026272339 views
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I am working with a repo on GitHub and everytime I try to push something, it asks for my GitHub username and password. I don't want it doing that. I tried the instructions on setting your email in Git, namely set up the Git variables github.user and github.token, but that didn't make any difference. I don't understand why this is happening.

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Had a similar problem today: I messed things up in my working copy, so I decided to rename the directory and clone my project again from github. But after doing that, I had to enter my password to do any pull/push request, instead of entering the passphrase just once as I used to. That was because today I used the https protocol to clone the project! To check what protocol you're using just run and look at the line starting with 'remote.origin.url'. To switch protocols: and should be replaced w…

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