document updated 10 years ago, on Oct 24, 2013

The best way to avoid typing in passwords when using Github is to put your Github SSH key in your ssh-agent.

Another [lesser] way is to use a read-only method for fetches, and a read/write method for pushes, which means you only need to type a password in when you do a push.

To do this, edit your .git/config file, and add a new line there:

[remote "origin"]
url = https://github.com/DeeNewcum/dotfiles.git
pushurl = http://DeeNewcum@github.com/DeeNewcum/dotfiles.git
fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*