Is it possible to use a .netrc file on windows when I'm using Git to clone a remote repository with http and user - password?
解决方案
You now can use an encrypted .netrc (with gpg).
A
That script would allow you to use gpg-encrypted netrc files, avoiding the issue of having your credentials stored in a plain text file.
Files with the .gpg extension will be decrypted by GPG before parsing.
Multiple -f arguments are OK. They are processed in order, and the first matching entry found is returned via the credential helper protocol.
When no -f option is given, .authinfo.gpg, .netrc.gpg, .authinfo, and .netrc files in your home directory are used in this order.
To enable this credential helper:
git config credential.helper '$shortname -f AUTHFILE1 -f AUTHFILE2'
(Note that Git will prepend "git-credential-" to the helper name and look for it
in the path.)
# and if you want lots of debugging info:
git config credential.helper '$shortname -f AUTHFILE -d'
#or to see the files opened and data found:
git config credential.helper '$shortname -f AUTHFILE -v'
Update late 2012, With git version 1.7.9+: This answer from Mark Longair details the credential cache mechanism which allows you to not store your password in plain text as shown below.
(Original answer)
You must define:
environment variable %HOME%
put a _netrc file in %HOME%
If you are using Windows 7
run the cmd
type this:
setx HOME %USERPROFILE%
and the %HOME% will be set to 'C:Users"username"'
then go to it
and make a file called '_netrc'
Note: for Windows, you need a '_netrc' file, not a '.netrc'.
Its content is quite standard (Replace the with your values):
machine
login
password
machine
login
password
Luke mentions in the comments:
Using the latest version of msysgit on Windows 7, I did not need to set the HOME environment variable. The _netrc file alone did the trick.
This is indeed what I mentioned in "Trying to “install” github, .ssh dir not there":
git-cmd.bat included in msysgit does set the %HOME% environment variable:
@if not exist "%HOME%" @set HOME=%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%
@if not exist "%HOME%" @set HOME=%USERPROFILE%
爱国者 believes in the comments that "it seems that it won't work for http protocol"
However, I answered that netrc is used by curl, and works for http protocol, as shown in this example (look for 'netrc' in the page): . Also used with http protocol here: "_netrc/.netrc alternative to cURL".
A common trap with with netrc support on Windows is that git will bypass using it if an origin https url specifies a user name.
For example, if your .git/config file contains:
[remote "origin"]
fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*
url = https://bob@code.google.com/p/my-project/
Git will not resolve your credentials via _netrc, to fix this remove your username, like so:
[remote "origin"]
fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*
url = https://code.google.com/p/my-project/
