Windows git: Fatal: TaskCanceledException encountered

Question

I have recently updated my git (2.7.4.windows.1). Since then pulling from github produces output like this:

$ git pull --rebase
Fatal: TaskCanceledException enco         


        

Answer 1

The credential helper handling changed since the last version that I used. The systemwide gitconfig (as TortoiseGit calls it) contained a section:

[credential]
    helper = manager

I think it is some leftover from previous versions. I deleted it and the delay and the error message haven't happened since. Victory! :-)