Configured Git Credential Manager on Linux

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📅 2023-04-14 — Session: Configured Git Credential Manager on Linux

🕒 18:25–18:40
🏷️ Labels: Git, Credential Manager, Linux, Configuration, Troubleshooting
📂 Project: Dev
⭐ Priority: MEDIUM

Session Goal

The goal of this session was to configure the Git Credential Manager (GCM) on a Linux system to cache credentials, thereby avoiding repeated credential entries when interacting with GitHub repositories.

Key Activities

  • Credential Caching Setup: Configured Git to cache credentials using GCM.
  • Manual Installation: Attempted manual installation of GCM after automated methods failed.
  • File Verification: Checked the format of gcmcore-linux.tar.gz and addressed issues with incorrect file identification.
  • Configuration and Testing: Configured GCM with username and personal access token, and tested the installation by performing Git operations.
  • Troubleshooting: Resolved conflicts and issues with Git credential configurations and helper commands.
  • Automation: Used a find command to unset credential.helper in multiple repositories.

Achievements

  • Successfully configured and tested the Git Credential Manager on Linux.
  • Resolved configuration conflicts and ensured proper setup for credential caching.

Pending Tasks

  • Rerun the autopush script to verify if credential prompts are resolved.

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