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    <blockquote> <p>Is it possible to use a <code>.netrc</code> file on Windows?</p> </blockquote> <p>Yes: You must:</p> <ul> <li>define environment variable <code>%HOME%</code> (pre-Git 2.0, no longer needed with Git 2.0+)</li> <li>put a <code>_netrc</code> file in <code>%HOME%</code></li> </ul> <p>If you are using Windows 7/10, in a <code>CMD</code> session, type:</p> <pre><code>setx HOME %USERPROFILE% </code></pre> <p>and the <code>%HOME%</code> will be set to '<code>C:\Users\"username"</code>'.<br> Go that that folder (<code>cd %HOME%</code>) and make a file called '<code>_netrc</code>'</p> <p>Note: Again, for Windows, you need a '<code>_netrc</code>' file, <em>not</em> a '<code>.netrc</code>' file.</p> <p>Its content is quite standard (Replace the <code>&lt;examples&gt;</code> with your values):</p> <pre><code>machine &lt;hostname1&gt; login &lt;login1&gt; password &lt;password1&gt; machine &lt;hostname2&gt; login &lt;login2&gt; password &lt;password2&gt; </code></pre> <hr> <p><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/users/197503/luke">Luke</a> mentions in the comments:</p> <blockquote> <p>Using the latest version of msysgit on Windows 7, I did not need to set the <code>HOME</code> environment variable. The <code>_netrc</code> file alone did the trick.</p> </blockquote> <p>This is indeed what I mentioned in "<a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8514097/trying-to-install-github-ssh-dir-not-there/8531157#8531157">Trying to “<code>install</code>” github, <code>.ssh</code> dir not there</a>":<br> <a href="https://github.com/msysgit/msysgit/blob/master/git-cmd.bat" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><code>git-cmd.bat</code></a> included in msysgit does set the <code>%HOME%</code> environment variable:</p> <pre><code>@if not exist "%HOME%" @set HOME=%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH% @if not exist "%HOME%" @set HOME=%USERPROFILE% </code></pre> <hr> <p>爱国者 believes in the comments that "it seems that it won't work for http protocol"</p> <p>However, I answered that <code>netrc</code> is used by <code>curl</code>, and works for HTTP protocol, as shown in <a href="http://maymay.net/blog/2008/08/08/how-to-use-http-basic-authentication-with-git/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this example</a> (look for '<code>netrc</code>' in the page): . Also used with HTTP protocol here: "<a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5193643/netrc-netrc-alternative-to-curl"><code>_netrc</code>/<code>.netrc</code> alternative to <code>cURL</code></a>".</p> <hr> <p>A common trap with with <code>netrc</code> support on Windows is that git will bypass using it if an origin https url specifies a user name. </p> <p>For example, if your <code>.git/config</code> file contains: </p> <pre> [remote "origin"] fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/* url = https://bob@code.google.com/p/my-project/ </pre> <p>Git will not resolve your credentials via <code>_netrc</code>, to fix this remove your username, like so: </p> <pre> [remote "origin"] fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/* url = https://code.google.com/p/my-project/ </pre> <hr> <p>Alternative solution: With <strong>git version 1.7.9+</strong> (January 2012): <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/a/5343146/6309">This answer</a> from <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/users/223092/mark-longair">Mark Longair</a> details the <a href="http://git-scm.com/docs/git-credential-cache" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><strong>credential cache mechanism</strong></a> which <em>also</em> allows you to <em>not</em> store your password in plain text as shown below.</p> <hr> <p>With <a href="https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.3.txt#L119-L120" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Git 1.8.3</a> (April 2013):</p> <p>You now can use an <strong>encrypted .netrc</strong> (with <code>gpg</code>).<br> On Windows: <code>%HOME%/_netrc</code> (<code>_</code>, not '<code>.</code>')</p> <blockquote> <p>A <strong><a href="https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/contrib/credential/netrc/git-credential-netrc" rel="nofollow noreferrer">new read-only credential helper</a></strong> (in <code>contrib/</code>) to interact with the <code>.netrc/.authinfo</code> files has been added.</p> </blockquote> <p>That script would allow you to <strong>use gpg-encrypted netrc files</strong>, avoiding the issue of having your credentials stored in a plain text file.</p> <blockquote> <p>Files with the <code>.gpg</code> extension will be decrypted by GPG before parsing.<br> Multiple <code>-f</code> arguments are OK. They are processed in order, and the first matching entry found is returned via the credential helper protocol.</p> <p>When no <code>-f</code> option is given, <code>.authinfo.gpg</code>, <code>.netrc.gpg</code>, <code>.authinfo</code>, and <code>.netrc</code> files in your home directory are used in this order.</p> </blockquote> <p>To enable this credential helper:</p> <pre><code>git config credential.helper '$shortname -f AUTHFILE1 -f AUTHFILE2' </code></pre> <blockquote> <p>(Note that Git will prepend "<code>git-credential-</code>" to the helper name and look for it in the path.)</p> </blockquote> <pre><code># and if you want lots of debugging info: git config credential.helper '$shortname -f AUTHFILE -d' #or to see the files opened and data found: git config credential.helper '$shortname -f AUTHFILE -v' </code></pre> <p><strong>See a full example at "<a href="https://stackoverflow.com/a/18362082/6309">Is there a way to skip password typing when using <code>https:// github</code></a>"</strong></p> <hr> <p>With Git 2.18+ (June 2018), you now can customize the GPG program used to decrypt the encrypted <code>.netrc</code> file.</p> <p>See <a href="https://github.com/git/git/commit/786ef50a23cbd0e93d1e41982cfaba76801ed885" rel="nofollow noreferrer">commit 786ef50</a>, <a href="https://github.com/git/git/commit/f07eeed123b8880b1723b1ea9d6d6f41cfb34532" rel="nofollow noreferrer">commit f07eeed</a> (12 May 2018) by <a href="https://github.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Luis Marsano (``)</a>.<br> <sup>(Merged by <a href="https://github.com/gitster" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Junio C Hamano -- <code>gitster</code> --</a> in <a href="https://github.com/git/git/commit/017b7c52fc00897c72f6c4808ded43c4c5f9c5b8" rel="nofollow noreferrer">commit 017b7c5</a>, 30 May 2018)</sup> </p> <blockquote> <h2><code>git-credential-netrc</code>: accept <code>gpg</code> option</h2> <p><code>git-credential-netrc</code> was hardcoded to decrypt with '<code>gpg</code>' regardless of the gpg.program option.<br> This is a problem on distributions like Debian that call modern GnuPG something else, like '<code>gpg2</code>'</p> </blockquote>
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    1. COokay, will give it a try. Thanks!
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    2. CO@Bernd: the `HOME` environment variable is important, because it isn't defined by default on Windows. You can set that variable to whatever directory you want (it doesn't have to be `C:\users\mylogin`): for example, at work, I set it to my private remote disk associated with my Windows account, which allows me to switch desktops without having to lose my `.ssh` or `_netrc` settings.
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    3. CO@Bernd: check also if your Git repo is on a LAN or WAN (internet) server. You may need to define an `http.proxy` in your environment variables. Or, on the contrary, to add your server to a `no_proxy` variable, to avoid trying to access a LAN server over WAN.
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