git config --global user.name "your username"
git config --global user.password "your password"
git config --global credential.helper storegit config --global credential.helper store$ git config --global user.name "Mona Lisa"
$ git config --global user.name
$ mona$ git config credential.helper store
$ git push http://example.com/repo.git
Username: <type your username>
Password: <type your password>
[several days later]
$ git push http://example.com/repo.git
[your credentials are used automatically]$ git config --global github.user defunkt
$ git config --global github.token 6ef8395fecf207165f1a82178ae1b984
Applications and scripts can easily access this information:
$ git config --global github.user
defunkt# This cache timeout is in seconds
$ git config --global credential.helper 'cache --timeout=3600'