Cloning Git Repo using TFS Personal Access Token

Question

I am trying to programmatically clone a git repository. My ASP.NET MVC application is creating and starting a process. The code to handle the processes works correctly however t

Answer 1

You can use the CredentialManager by programmatically adding the token to the machine, the same way CredentialManager would do it.
On Windows I use the cmdkey tools as follow:

cmdkey /generic:"git:https://yourdomain.visualstudio.com" /user:"Personal Access Token" /pass:"yourtokenhere"

On MacOS add an entry in the keychain:

security add-generic-password -a "Personal Access Token" -D "Credential" -s "gcm4ml:git:https://yourdomain.visualstudio.com" -w "yourtokenhere" -A

Note: Avoid using -A which allows any application to access it.

As long as the CredentialManager is installed on Git, it should work.