Git credential helper doesn't work

Question

I've just installed openSUSE, which came with Git version 1.8.1.4.

I'm trying to push some repository after having configured the credential helper with this line:

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

This line doesn't throw any errors.

However, after I enter my credentials initially, and expect to get them cached, the credential helper does not work. It spits out this message:

error: cannot run git-credential-cache--daemon: No such file or directory  
fatal: unable to start cache daemon: No such file or directory

Why is this happening and how can I fix it?

Answer 1

You need to install the git-daemon rpm. That RPM has the cache daemon.