This is not exactly what you asked for, but for http(s):
- you can put the password in .netrc file (_netrc on windows). From there it would be picked up automatically. It would go to your home folder with 600 permissions.
- you could also just clone the repo with
https://user:pass@domain/repobut that’s not really recommended as it would show your user/pass in a lot of places… - a new option is to use the credential helper. Note that credentials would be stored in clear text in your local config using standard credential helper. credential-helper with wincred can be also used on windows.
Usage examples for credential helper
git config credential.helper store– stores the credentials indefinitely.git config credential.helper 'cache --timeout=3600'– stores for 60 minutes
For ssh-based access, you’d use ssh agent that will provide the ssh key when needed. This would require generating keys on your computer, storing the public key on the remote server and adding the private key to relevant keystore.