Configuring git to use the osxkeychain helper

Author: jakecraige

git/osx-keychain.md

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+# Using git's osxkeychain helper to cache GitHub authentication
+
+Recently after reformatting my computer I've had to input my username/password
+every time I try to do something with GitHub via the command line. Today I took
+the time to finally figure out what was going on.
+
+Turns out that I had a newer version of git that behaves a little differently.
+Today I learned that you need to configure git to use this so it will stop
+nagging you.
+
+## The Symptoms
+
+1. You are asked for your username and password when you interact with
+   an HTTPS GitHub remote.
+2. It does not ask for your username and password when you interact with an SSH
+   GitHub remote.
+3. You're git version is 1.7.10 or newer. Run `git --version` to find out which
+   version you have.
+
+## The Cure
+
+You need to configure git to cache your username and password with the
+osxkeychain credential helper.
+
+GitHub's help pages describe how to do this [here](https://help.github.com/articles/caching-your-github-password-in-git/)
+