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From: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5343068/is-there-a-way-to-skip-password-typing-when-using-https-on-github/5343146#5343146 With Git version 1.7.9 and later Since Git 1.7.9 (released in late January 2012), there is a neat mechanism in Git to avoid having to type your password all the time for HTTP / HTTPS, called  credential helpers . (Thanks to  dazonic  for pointing out this new feature in the comments below.) With Git 1.7.9 or later, you can just use one of the following credential helpers: git config --global credential.helper cache ... which tells Git to keep your password cached in memory for (by default) 15 minutes. You can set a longer timeout with: git config --global credential.helper "cache --timeout=3600" (That example was suggested in the  GitHub help page for Linux .) You can also store your credentials permanently if so desired, see the other answers below. GitHub's help  also suggests  that if you're on Mac OS X and used  Homebre