Note that credential.helper=osxkeychain is the default when using git provided by Xcode. If you recently installed the git project in MacPorts (or elsewhere), that might explain why you're now entering your password.
> On Oct 20, 2017, at 20:10, Joshua Root <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 2017-10-21 08:00 , Craig Treleaven wrote: >> Hi: >> Lately, I have to enter my github username and password every time I commit; >> git used to just remember these. I suppose it is in a hidden config file >> somewhere but I don’t know where. >> Could some kind soul please give me directions in suitably small words for >> someone of limited git understanding? ;) > > You want git installed with the credential_osxkeychain variant, which is > default. Then you want this in your git config: > > [credential] > helper = osxkeychain > > Then it should Just Work (at most you might get a Keychain unlock dialog). > > - Josh
