Install the git credential-oskeychain

Install the git credential-osxkeychain

Git supports pushing and pulling your Git repositories over both SSH and HTTPS. To work with a private repository over HTTPS, you must supply a username and password each time you push or pull. The git-credential-osxkeychain helper allows you to cache your username and password in the OSX keychain, so you don’t have to retype it each time.

1. If you followed the MacPorts or Homebrew instructions here, the helper should already be installed. Otherwise you’ll need to download and install it. Open a terminal window and check:

   $ git credential-osxkeychain usage: git credential-osxkeychain <get|store|erase></get|store|erase>

   If you receive a usage statement, skip to step 4. If the helper is not installed, go to step 2.

2. Use curl to download git-credential-osxkeychain (or download it via your browser) and move it to /usr/local/bin:

   $ curl -O http://github-media-downloads.s3.amazonaws.com/osx/git-credential-osxkeychain 
   $ sudo mv git-credential-osxkeychain /usr/local/bin/

3. Make the file an executable:

   $ chmod u+x /usr/local/bin/git-credential-osxkeychain

4. Configure git to use the osxkeychain credential helper.

   $ git config --global credential.helper osxkeychain

   The next time Git prompts you for a username and password, it will cache them in your keychain for future use.