从git的CLI中清除Windows的bash的所有git凭据

Question

Is there a way to do the above (remove all stored credentials that I added/that I have access to, from the bash CLI), irrespective of how the credentials are stored?

I use many different public computers, and it would be ideal not to have to figure out how the installation of git and the credentials is working on each.

Brief google/SO searches wielded no results

Answer 1

In windows 10:

go to Control Panel -> User Accounts -> Credential Manager -> Manage Windows Credentials

Search for something like git:https://github..... and remove that.

Answer 2

There's no one standard way that credentials like this are stored so unfortunately there's no one way to remove them. It isn't git or bash storing them. In most cases it'll be some sort of keychain on the OS.

I'm afraid I don't use Windows so I can't help you there.

Answer 3

You would need a bash script (that can work, even on Windows, through a Git for Windows bash), in order to:

• detect your OS
• detect the credential helper (if any) set: git config credential.helper
• remove the credentials associated to a given URL passed as parameter of that script;

For instance, see " sign out in the Git Bash console in Windows ":

git credential-manager reject https://github.com

On Mac, for osxkeychain , see " Updating credentials from the OSX Keychain "

git credential-osxkeychain erase https://github.com

The point is: you need a script to automate that step for all possible credential caching mechanism. Then try again: it will prompt for user GitHub username/password.