knowledge/git/config.md

Notes about the config file in the .git directory

Auto Password:

Add the lines to the :

[credential]
	helper = !/path/to/script.sh

Example

[credential]
	helper = !$HOME/.bin/git_password_helper.sh

Empty:

#!/bin/bash
cat 

In the script have the following lines:

#!/bin/bash
cat /path/to/password/file

Example

#!/bin/bash
cat $HOME/.cred/git_password.txt

Empty:

#!/bin/bash
cat 

The file that the script calls needs to have the following content:

username=username
password=password

Example

username=Max
password=123

Empty:

username=
password=