Question

I am trying to clone a private git repository via http. There is a similar question here: Git clone using http with user and password.

Is there a way to do git clone without entering a user/password at the prompt?

When I try and do:

prodroom15:mquimiro$ git clone https://github.com/user:password/Automator.git
Cloning into 'Automator'...
Username for 'https://github.com': 
Password for 'https://github.com': 

How would I do this so that I don’t have to type in the user/password manually?

Note that doing the normal https://github.com/user/Automator.git and manually entering in the user/password at the prompt works fine.

Answer 1

I think the syntax is actually https://user:[e-mail] not https://github.com/user:password.

If you are using Git 1.7.9 or later, consider using the more secure credential helper mechanism.