Take the 2-minute tour ×  I recently switched to syncing my
repos to https:// in github (due to firewall issues) and it asks
for a password every time. It used to be that I had an ssh cert
and it was enough. Is there a way to bypass password in my case
(using http/https)?  share|improve this question See also
superuser.com/questions/199507/… –  Colonel Panic Mar 27 '13 at
16:27 You now can use a credential helper to encrypt the _netrc
file containing your credentials. See my answer below. I found
that safer that the git-credential-winstore.exe (memory cache)
which is a bit buggy on Windows. –  VonC Aug 21 '13 at 15:50  15
Answers 15  up vote 821 down vote accepted  With git version
1.7.9 and later  Since git 1.7.9 (released in late January
2012), there is a neat mechanism in git to avoid having to type
your password all the time for HTTP / HTTPS, called credential
helpers. (Thanks to dazonic for pointing out this new feature in
the comments below.)  With git 1.7.9 or later, you can just use
one of the followi