Git

Git comes with this handy tool that let’s you manage your Git configuration with ease. Configuration Levels --local (Default) Local configuration values are stored and managed at the repository level. The values are stored in a file found in the repo’s .git directory: .git/config If you are planning to set some configuration only to be used by the specific repo you are in, then go ahead with using --local. git config --local user.email "sayan@mycompany.io" --global ...

Bookmark for me. To use this option, you need to turn on the credential helper so that Git will save your password in memory for some time: $ git config --global credential.helper cache # Set git to use the credential memory cacheBy default Git will cache your password for 15 minutes. You can change this if you like. git config --global credential.helper 'cache --timeout=3600' # Set the cache to timeout after 1 hour (setting is in seconds)Ref: https://help.github.com/articles/set-up-git#password-caching