wincredman error over SSH via VSCode remote with GitHub CLI

[davetapley]

Here's my workflow:

1. Connect to Windows machine using VS Code Remote Development
2. Use the GitHub CLI's gh repo clone command

push/pull work, but every time I'm told (x3):

fatal: Unable to persist credentials with the 'wincredman' credential store.
See https://aka.ms/gcm/credstores for more information.

That link helpfully says:

git-credential-manager/docs/credstores.md

Line 36 in 2fcbd77

**:warning: Does not work over a network/SSH session.**

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But here's the thing: it does seem to work, because I can push/pull.

What's going on here?
Can I suppress the fatal error?
Should that even be an error since it appears to work regardless? 🤔

[junalmeida]

I face the same issue which is a huge blocker for me. It doesn't work, it asks for username and password then fails on git pull/push commands. gh repo clone works though.
not sure how to workaround the issue

[hickford]

Have you tried dpapi the other credential store that's supported on Windows?

git config --global credential.credentialStore dpapi

That might work over ssh, I'm not sure.