How Can I Configure GitHub Desktop/Windows to Work with a Proxy?
<p>New to working with git in Windows. I downloaded the GitHub Desktop application and can connect my account, but doing pushes/pulls fails because of an unresolved host. Asking around the workplace I got the following suggestion to type this command into the git shell.</p>

<pre><code>git config --global http.proxy http://username:password@proxy.workplace.com:8080
</code></pre>

<p>Does this:  </p>

<ol>
<li>Store my password in plain text?</li>
<li>Send my password in plain text?</li>
</ol>

<p>Doesn't GitHub for Desktop generate and use SSH keys instead (I got an email notification when I first connected my account)? How can I configure GitHub Desktop to work with this proxy?</p>