Git push requires username and password

Question

I cloned a Git repository from my GitHub account to my PC.

I want to work with both my PC and laptop, but with one GitHub account.

When I try to push to or p

Answer 1

When you use https for Git pull & push, just configure remote.origin.url for your project, to avoid input username (or/and password) every time you push.

How to configure remote.origin.url:

URL format:
    https://{username:password@}github.com/{owner}/{repo}

Parameters in URL:

* username 

    Optional, the username to use when needed. 
 authentication,
    if specified, no need to enter username again when need authentication.
    Don't use email; use your username that has no "@", otherwise the URL can't be parsed correctly,
* password
    optional, the password to use when need authentication.
    If specified, there isn't any need to enter the password again when needing authentication.
    Tip:
        this value is stored as plain text, so for security concerns, don't specify this parameter,
*

e.g
    git config remote.origin.url https://eric@github.com/eric/myproject

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@Update - using ssh

I think using ssh protocol is a better solution than https, even though the setup step is a little more complex.

Rough steps:

• Create ssh keys using command, e.g ssh-keygen on Linux, on windows msysgit provide similar commands.
• Keep the private key on the local machine at a proper location, e.g., ~/.ssh. And add it to the ssh agent via ssh-add command.
• Upload the public key to the Git server.
• Change remote.origin.url of the Git repository to ssh style, e.g., git@gitlab.com:myaccount/myrepo.git
• Then when pull or push, there isn't any need to enter the username or password ever.

Tips:

• If your ssh key has a passphrase, then you need to input it on first use of the key after each restart of your machine, by default.

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@Update - Switch between https and ssh protocol.

Simply changing remote.origin.url will be enough, or you can edit repo_home/.git/config directly to change the value (e.g using vi on Linux).

Usually I add a line for each protocol, and comment out one of them using #.

E.g.

[remote "origin"]
        url = git@gitlab.com:myaccount/myrepo.git
        # url = https://myaccount@gitlab.com/myaccount/myrepo.git
        fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*