Nice overview! Personally, I'd like to argue against storing credentials in plai...

Nice overview! Personally, I'd like to argue against storing credentials in plaintext on disk. The usual suspects all have ways to use SSH keys [0-2].

If you really prefer to store credentials, you can cache them for a temporary amount of time [3]. The basic command is:

  git config --global credential.helper store

[0] GitHub: https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/connecting-to-gith...

[1] GitLab: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/ssh.html

[2]: BitBucket: https://support.atlassian.com/bitbucket-cloud/docs/set-up-pe...

[3] https://techexpertise.medium.com/storing-git-credentials-wit...