A simple git credentials helper for GitHub

Features

• Its way less bloated than Git Credential Manager
• You can use it together with any other git credential helper of choice

Install

Debian/Ubuntu

Download the .deb from the latest release and run dpkg -i file_you_just_downloaded.deb

Arch linux

Install git-credential-github form the AUR. ArchLinux wiki

Windows

Install from winget winget install git-credential-github

Configuring

NOTE: Configuring changed after v2.2 pre v2.2 config

~/.gitconfig

[credential "https://github.com"]helper = cache # Note: cache doesn't work on windowshelper = github # important that you put it LAST because we only need to run gcg when other helpers have failed to give credentials

This sets the credential helper for github using the cache helper.

More examples

Use windows builtin credential store

%USERPROFILE%\.gitconfig

[credential "https://github.com"]helper = wincred # store credentials in wincredhelper = github

Set only for repos owned by you

~/.gitconfig

[credential]useHttpPath = true # makes git give the whole path instead of just https://github.com[credential "https://github.com/Xgames123"]# change to your nameusername=Xgames123 # change to your namehelper = cache
helper = github

Use pass as the credential helper for everything

~/.gitconfig

[credential]useHttpPath = true # makes git give the whole path instead of just https://github.comhelper = pass -r 3 -t ~/.config/git-credential-pass/default.template -p git/{protocol}/{host}/main
[credential "https://github.com/Xgames123"]# change to your nameusername=Xgames123 # change to your namehelper = github
[credential "https://codeberg.org"]username=ldev

Bug or Error

If you find a bug, get an error or the docs are wrong.

• Create an issue
• Message me <ldev@ldev.eu.org>
• Message me on discord ldev105

Building debian packages from source

1. install reltools
2. run makepkgx --pkgformat deb inside the packaging directory