How do I disable Git Credential Manager for Windows?

Question

I notice that in the latest version of Git, the default is now to popup a \"Git Credential Manager for Windows\" dialog instead of prompting me for me password at the Bash p

Answer 1

I wanted to use the credential manager for normal use, but I have scripts where I obviously do not want any prompts whatsoever from git.exe. This is how I invoke Git from my scripts:

set GIT_TERMINAL_PROMPT=0
git -c core.askpass= -c credential.helper=  ...

This way, the script always sees the "correct" no-prompt setting without having to adapt any configuration.

(Git for Windows 2.13.3)

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A variation I found that might also come in handy is to set:

set GCM_INTERACTIVE=never
# Or: git config --global credential.interactive never

set GIT_TERMINAL_PROMPT=0
git.exe -c core.askpass= -c credential.helper=manager  ...

But note that git.exe -c credential.interactive=never ... does not work (it seems that the -c thing isn't routed through to Git Credential Manager for Windows or whatever).

That way, you can use the GCMfW, but it will never prompt you; it will just lookup the credentials, which can be very helpful in non-interactive environs.