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<h2 id="_avoiding_repetition">AVOIDING REPETITION</h2>
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<p>It can be cumbersome to input the same credentials over and over.  Git
provides two methods to reduce this annoyance:</p>
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<p>Static configuration of usernames for a given authentication context.</p>
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<p>Credential helpers to cache or store passwords, or to interact with
a system pass