Using Git Credential Manager with Git for Windows.

[Fred Clausen]

Hello All,

The Git for Windows distribution no longer uses the "store" or "winstore" credential store so credentials in the form of a username/password pair cannot be read from a file. I have found a way to pre-populate the Windows Credentials Manager with the Git credentials which means Git clone operations can take place non-interactively. 

However this is not quite enough because the Git plugin for Jenkins wants to use the "store" credential helper. Is there a way to tell it to use the Git Credential Manager ("manager")?

Thanks,

Fred.

[Mark Waite]

Not as far as I know.

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[Fred Clausen]

Actually, the problem was that Jenkins runs as the Local System account instead of Administrator. This meant that I was inserting the credentials into the wrong Windows Credentials Store. I updated my Chef code[1] to run the credential insertion[2] as the System Account and then it all works fine even though the Git plugin is requesting the "store" credential helper. What ends up being used is the Git Credentials Manager from Microsoft ("manager") which uses the native Windows Credential store.

[1] Prep Windows to be Jenkins Slave - http://ftclausen.github.io/general/jenkins_windows_slave_prep_with_chef/

[2] Insert Credentials - http://ftclausen.github.io/general/windows_-_inserting_git_credentials_ahead_of_time/