Store https passwords with cygwin's Git

Question

I am using Cygwin and Git. Every time I push/pull to a repo on Bitbucket with a https url I am asked to enter a password. Is there a way to store these credentials (like with ssh-keys)?

I tried to install Windows Credential Store for Git but I can't get it to work with cygwin's Git.

Thanks!

Update:

I found my answer here: Is there a way to skip password typing when using https:// on GitHub?

Summarized:

Remember passwords for 15 minutes (default):

git config --global credential.helper cache 

Remember passwords for 10 hours:

git config --global credential.helper 'cache --timeout=36000' 

Store passwords (didn't try this):

git config --global credential.helper store 

Reset:

git config --unset --global credential.helper 

Cim

Answer 1

The way OP answered his own question is one way to go about it.

The Windows Credential Store project was discontinued in 2015. Its original author suggests to use Git Credential Manager for Windows, maintained by Microsoft. Their installer is focused on Git for Windows, however the program itself works well with Cygwin, you just have to install it manually.

Go the GCMW's latest release, download the zip file (not the installer), extract its contents (only .dll and .exe files are needed) to C:\cygwin\usr\libexec\git-core\ for 32-bit Cygwin, or C:\cygwin64\usr\libexec\git-core\ for 64-bit Cygwin. Reference

To get git to use GCMW, execute: git config --global credential.helper manager

To get GUI prompts for credentials, execute: git config --global credential.modalprompt true

If you want this to be a per-repository setting, remove the --global option.