Re: git push => git: 'credential-winstore' is not a git command.

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Thanks, Peff. I should have thought about the configuration
hierarchy... This evening I need to do some trial-and-error with the
three credential entries that found.
Want what you have,
Chris


On Wed, May 23, 2018 at 1:16 AM, Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Sun, May 20, 2018 at 10:17:54AM -0500, Chris wrote:
>
>> git config --global --unset credential.helper
>>
>>
>> This did help me, because previously Git was trying to authenticate me
>> with the Microsoft account I use to log into my Windows, which is
>> unrelated to the account I need to use to push code. And it removed
>> one of the two "git: 'credential-winstore' is not a git command."
>> messages I was receiving.
>>
>> But I still get one of them, so I tried reinstalling Git for Windows
>> with the credential helper disabled, but that didn't help. Then I ran
>> this command:
>>
>> git config -e
>>
>>
>> And couldn't find any mention of [credential].
>
> That command will only edit the local repository's config file. You may
> have other config for your user (--global) or for the machine
> (--system).
>
> Try:
>
>   git config --show-origin --get-regexp credential.*
>
> to see any related config you have, and which file it comes from (you
> can also just do "--show-origin --list" to see all of the config).
>
>> What can I do to get rid of this annoying message (and, for all I
>> know, potential symptom of a larger problem)?
>
> I don't know enough about Git for Windows packaging to know whether
> you're supposed to have the winstore credential helper installed. So it
> could be a symptom of some kind of installation problem. But in general,
> a missing credential helper isn't a big deal (it just means that Git
> can't ask it for a credential and will end up prompting you or using a
> different helper).
>
> -Peff



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