Re: git push => git: 'credential-winstore' is not a git command.

On Sun, May 20, 2018 at 10:17:54AM -0500, Chris wrote:

git config --global --unset credential.helper


This did help me, because previously Git was trying to authenticate me
with the Microsoft account I use to log into my Windows, which is
unrelated to the account I need to use to push code. And it removed
one of the two "git: 'credential-winstore' is not a git command."
messages I was receiving.

But I still get one of them, so I tried reinstalling Git for Windows
with the credential helper disabled, but that didn't help. Then I ran
this command:

git config -e


And couldn't find any mention of [credential].

That command will only edit the local repository's config file. You may
have other config for your user (--global) or for the machine
(--system).

Try:

  git config --show-origin --get-regexp credential.*

to see any related config you have, and which file it comes from (you
can also just do "--show-origin --list" to see all of the config).

What can I do to get rid of this annoying message (and, for all I
know, potential symptom of a larger problem)?

I don't know enough about Git for Windows packaging to know whether
you're supposed to have the winstore credential helper installed. So it
could be a symptom of some kind of installation problem. But in general,
a missing credential helper isn't a big deal (it just means that Git
can't ask it for a credential and will end up prompting you or using a
different helper).

-Peff