I've seen git config user.password recommended in several Stack Overflow answers as a way to save git user credentials.

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However, I can't find any mention of user.password in the Git documentation, only user.name and user.email. None of the answers seem to link to a resource on what exactly it does or how to use it.

What is git config user.password, and how do you use it? Is it an alternative method for configuring the credential manager, or is it something different?

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These answers are simply wrong.

Git configuration files will let you set any old thing you like, such as:

git config user.aardvark zebra

and:

git config helicopter.rotor airplane

Since nothing consults these settings, they have no effect.

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