How do I disable git's credential helper for a single repository?

Question

If I have a credential helper set in my ~/.gitconfig, how can I disable/bypass it in a specific repo and use no credential helper?

I\'ve tried

Answer 1

I just ran into this problem as well, as the first credential.helper I had configured was always executing when I wanted to test a new one. This is on macOS using git supplied with Apple's dev tools.

Listing the configs with git config --list showed both helpers.

Running git config --global --edit did not show the setting for the first helper. It's a little strange that --global when configuring the helper is not the same scope as --global while editing the configs.

Also since it I wanted to include a different helper, just blanking it out wasn't going to solve it.

Finally found the setting in two places:

• /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/share/git-core/gitconfig
• /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/share/git-core/gitconfig

Removed the credential section from the first one, but both settings were still listed using --list. After rebooting and trying every combo of unset, unset-all --system, --global, et, I found the second file.

Removed the setting from that file (again was only one) and finally --list does not show any helpers configured.