TortoiseGIT - wincred not available

Question

I have just installed a fresh copy of TortoiseGIT 1.8.7.0 Stable version for 32-bit. I just noticed this problem when I'm setting up password caching for GitHub. Does anyone know how should I fix this?

I do know credential helpers are supported for Git 1.7.10 and up.

Answer 1

Okay, after Googling around, I found the answer. Ironic though, it's a SO answer.

https://stackoverflow.com/a/14000482/1016891

Step by step:

• Download the wincred extension from the following link:

https://github.com/downloads/msysgit/git/git-credential-wincred.zip

• Extract and place the git extension in the following file location:

(32-bit) C:\Program Files\Git\libexec\git-core

(64-bit) C:\Program Files (x86)\libexec\git-core

Note that the following locations may vary across different installations. Modify the file locations accordingly.

• Right click anywhere, select TortoiseGIT > Settings > Git > Credentials.
• In the drop-down menu, check to see if wincred is loaded. To check, there should be three wincred options available.
• If they exist, wincred is installed correctly. Therefore, TortoiseGIT is now able to use wincred.

Answer 2

Now msysgit 1.9.2 is out. Please upgrade msysgit.

Then the credential helper will be available for choose in TortoiseGit