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From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
To: Chris <jesdisciple@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: git push => git: 'credential-winstore' is not a git command.
Date: Wed, 23 May 2018 02:16:52 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180523061652.GA13157@sigill.intra.peff.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAN_7rfcZHkbfaVO5A989Dza-zu7eRSPTKag9pcyB4v9=HWbKKQ@mail.gmail.com>

On Sun, May 20, 2018 at 10:17:54AM -0500, Chris wrote:

> git config --global --unset credential.helper
> 
> 
> This did help me, because previously Git was trying to authenticate me
> with the Microsoft account I use to log into my Windows, which is
> unrelated to the account I need to use to push code. And it removed
> one of the two "git: 'credential-winstore' is not a git command."
> messages I was receiving.
> 
> But I still get one of them, so I tried reinstalling Git for Windows
> with the credential helper disabled, but that didn't help. Then I ran
> this command:
> 
> git config -e
> 
> 
> And couldn't find any mention of [credential].

That command will only edit the local repository's config file. You may
have other config for your user (--global) or for the machine
(--system).

Try:

  git config --show-origin --get-regexp credential.*

to see any related config you have, and which file it comes from (you
can also just do "--show-origin --list" to see all of the config).

> What can I do to get rid of this annoying message (and, for all I
> know, potential symptom of a larger problem)?

I don't know enough about Git for Windows packaging to know whether
you're supposed to have the winstore credential helper installed. So it
could be a symptom of some kind of installation problem. But in general,
a missing credential helper isn't a big deal (it just means that Git
can't ask it for a credential and will end up prompting you or using a
different helper).

-Peff

  reply	other threads:[~2018-05-23  6:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-05-20 15:17 git push => git: 'credential-winstore' is not a git command Chris
2018-05-23  6:16 ` Jeff King [this message]
2018-05-23 11:57   ` Chris

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