GIT Authentication Terminal

Updating GIT credentials in Command Line

If you've seen an 'Authentication failed for https://____.git error, here's a quick command to update your credentials through the command line.

August 4, 2020

If you’ve seen an ‘Authentication failed for https://____.git error, here’s a quick command to update your credentials through the command line.

For Mac:

git config --global credential.helper osxkeychain

For Windows:

git config --global credential.helper wincred

You should then see a prompt for username/ password, enter your new credentials here.

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