Why is Github asking for username/password when following the instructions on screen and pushing a new repo?
Don't use HTTP use SSH instead
change
https://github.com/WEMP/project-slideshow.git
to
[email protected]:WEMP/project-slideshow.git
you can do it in .git/config file
I had this same issue and wondered why it didn't happen with a bitbucket repo that was cloned with https. Looking into it a bit I found that the config for the BB repo had a URL that included my username. So I manually edited the config for my GH repo like so and voila, no more username prompt. I'm on Windows.
Edit your_repo_dir/.git/config (remember: .git folder is hidden)
Change:
https://github.com/WEMP/project-slideshow.git
to:
https://*username*@github.com/WEMP/project-slideshow.git
Save the file. Do a git pull to test it.
The proper way to do this is probably by using git bash commands to edit the setting, but editing the file directly didn't seem to be a problem.
Here is an official answer to this:
If Git prompts you for a username and password every time you try to interact with GitHub, you're probably using the HTTPS clone URL for your repository.
Using an HTTPS remote URL has some advantages: it's easier to set up than SSH, and usually works through strict firewalls and proxies. However, it also prompts you to enter your GitHub credentials every time you pull or push a repository.
You can configure Git to store your password for you. If you'd like to set that up, read all about setting up password caching.
Improving upon @Ianl's answer,
It seems that if 2-step authentication is enabled, you have to use token instead of password. You could generate a token here.
If you want to disable the prompts for both the username and password then you can set the URL as follows -
git remote set-url origin https://username:[email protected]/WEMP/project-slideshow.git
Note that the URL has both the username and password. Also the .git/config file should show your current settings.
Update 20200128:
If you don't want to store the password in the config file, then you can generate your personal token and replace the password with the token. Here are some details.
It would look like this -
git remote set-url origin https://username:[email protected]/WEMP/project-slideshow.git