Prevent git from popping up gnome password box

Question

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I use the xfce terminal in drop-down mode connected to a hotkey. It clos

Answer 1

unset DISPLAY when running git commands that might need password, and gnome-ssh-askpass will use a text terminal prompt.

For example:

DISPLAY= git push