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by mlindner 2590 days ago
1. Stop using 'git add .' This is a bad habit I see people keep suggesting to new git users. Stop recommending it and stop doing it.

2. Never store your password in .git/config. Why are you doing that? That shouldn't be stored in .git/config.
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benburleson 2590 days ago
Why are people using passwords instead of keys?
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jwilk 2589 days ago
"Stupid corporate firewall blocks SSH connections" would be my guess.
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morpheuskafka 2590 days ago
Why do people even have passwords that don't require 2FA?
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darklajid 2589 days ago
Maybe I misunderstood something, but I read the text as people (or .. services like the three doing the announcement) offering URLs containing an access token?

As in https://example.com/mlindner/project1/821372asd1786d21das or something?

If you use this approach to manage access to a repository, then .. that gets stored in the .git/config. No need to store a password or something.

(Then again, maybe I didn't understand the explanation correctly?)

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