title: Using Git Gui Windows - How do you save user credentials - Username and Password
body: <p><strong>I know this question has been asked before and I've been looking at this link :</strong> </p>
  
  <p><a href="https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-credential-store.html" rel="noreferrer">https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-credential-store.html</a></p>
  
  <p>I'm really really new to using Git Gui Application for Windows and Git Hub in general.</p>
  
  <p>I've "fetched" an existing repository by typing in the URL for the repository from the Git Hub website in the format <a href="https://github.com/projectname.git" rel="noreferrer">https://github.com/projectname.git</a> </p>
  
  <p>To push to it, I copy paste files into my local git directory and then hit f5 in Git Gui and commit/push to the origin.</p>
  
  <p>However each time I want to push something - it asks me for my username and password.
  The guide says to create a text file named .git-credentials with your username and password in the given format:</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://user:pass@example.com" rel="noreferrer">https://user:pass@example.com</a>  </p>
  
  <p><strong>Question:</strong></p>
  
  <p>How do I link the usage of the .git-credentials file with my Git Gui Application?...Am I using DOS? Or some Git Shell from somewhere?...</p>
  
  <p>Any help would be greatly appreciated...</p>