Git Push - Username and password in the remote url

Question

As I understand password prompt when pushing to github can be avoided by adding the username:password in the remote push url.

https://you:[email protected]/you/example.git

Is this a github specific arrangement or can this format be used (https://username:[email protected]/repo.git) with any git remote?

Answer 1

A more secured way to authenticate you through GitHub than put your password in the remote URL would be, if you use HTTPS, to generate a new token in this GitHub page and then build your remote URL like this:

https://<username>:<token>@github.com/<username>/<project_name>.git

Answer 2

Is this a github specific arrangement?

It's not Github specific; this is actually Basic HTTP Authentication. The user:password@host trick is a way of specifying the BA credentials in the URL.

...can this format be used (https://username:[email protected]/repo.git) with any git remote?

It works only for remotes that use the HTTP protocol. For SSH remotes you'll have to use SSH Keys instead.