https://example.com.username myusername
git config credential.helper "$helper $options"</pre>
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<h2 id="_description">DESCRIPTION</h2>
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<p>Git will sometimes need credentials from the user in order to perform
operations; for example, it may need to ask for a username and password
in order to access a remote repository over HTTP. This manual describes
the mechanisms Git uses to request these credential