Git: force user and password prompt

Question

I recently updated my local Git installation to 1.8.1 from 1.8.0.1.

I\'m noticing that, when I work on GitHub, it doesn\'t prompt me for

Answer 1

This is most likely because you have multiple accounts, like one private, one for work with GitHub.

SOLUTION On Windows, go to Start > Credential Manager > Windows Credentials and remove GitHub creds, then try pulling or pushing again and you will be prompted to relogin into GitHub

SOLUTION OnMac, issue following on terminal:

git remote set-url origin https://username@github.com/username/repo-name.git

by replacing 'username' with your GitHub username in both places and providing your GitHub repo name.