Push requires credentials

[lukepighetti]

When I try to push from within gitui I get a modal for username / password. When I do git push on the command line, it uses already established credentials.

My expectation was that gitui push would work just like git push

I am on macOS

[extrawurst]

depending on what platform you are on this issue might help you: https://github.com/extrawurst/gitui/issues/800

[lukepighetti]

printf "protocol=https\nhost=github.com\n" | git credential fill

produces the result

protocol=https
host=github.com
username=lukepighetti
password=<REDACTED>

you can then type <REDACTED> in to this dialog

But you have to enter it every time, so I have to keep this in my clipboard to be able to use gitui in an efficient manner. Any suggestions on how to set this up once and forget it?

[heiskane]

Why not just use ssh keys? They work with gitui and they are much better than keeping a plaintext password to your GitHub just sitting there.

[lukepighetti]

Why not just

It's not possible for you to introspect all of the reasons why I might be using https instead of ssh keys, so let's keep it on topic. The short version is every git tool I use works with my setup except for gitui, which is why this request for support is reasonable.

My suggestion was to offer a simple escape hatch for the time being.

[heiskane]

To be clear the request is reasonable. Was genuinely curious as to why https was needed.

[nispr]

Why not just use ssh keys?

FYI, it does not seem to be plug&play. I had problems with gitui even though I'm using SSH since the very beginning. Managed to solve it with https://github.com/extrawurst/gitui/issues/1185#issuecomment-1236225011.

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[lukepighetti]

anti-stale

[fbreuer]

For me, this is fixed on master as per #800.

Requires git config --global credential.helper osxkeychain (on mac).

[cauliyang]

For me, this is fixed on master as per #800.

Requires git config --global credential.helper osxkeychain (on mac).

@fbreuer, fix my issue as well. Thanks!

[extrawurst]

@lukepighetti can you test if the above fixes it for you too?

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