git- saving username password - credential.helper cache - how to

Isn't is interesting if there is an option in GIT to save your credentials for short time so that you don't enter your username/password repeatedly each time when you do pull/push? Yes! there is an option introduced in GIT since 1.7.9 (released on January 2012). This method is more secure than permanently saving your username/password in   .git  file of your git clone directory.

So, run the following command at the GIT console (git bash) :

git config --global credential.helper cache

This caches the credentials for 15 minutes ( 900 seconds) by default. If you want a longer timeout period (say3600 seconds), you can do the following :

git config --global credential.helper 'cache --timeout=3600'