Password Keychain

[micknudsen]

Hi,

I have just reinstalled Mac OS X Mavericks and at the same time upgraded to SourceTree v.1.9.0. One of these two things seems to have caused the following problem: Whenever I want to push changes to a GitHub repository, I am asked for my password.

I have tried suggestions such as including my username in the https address, but it doesn't work. Where does SourceTree store passwords? I have looked in my (Apple) Keychain, but there are no signs of neither SourceTree nor GitHub.

Thanks!

/Michael Knudsen

[micknudsen · Accepted solution]

Turns out that SourceTree also supports SSH. Switched to that from HTTPS, and now everything works like a charm.

[Seth]

Glad to hear it.

[micknudsen]

Just realized that SourceTree also supports SSH. That solved my problem. Huzzah!!!

[Seth]

There should be a list of saved credentials in the authentication tab of the options dialog.

[micknudsen]

Where do you find the options dialog? I have went through all parts of Preferences, but I haven't found anything about authenticaiton. The closest I get is an option to set my username. Here I have tried both my GitHub username and my email address, but neither works. Same problem on two different Macs.

[Seth]

I use Windows, where it is simply Tools > Options... > Authentication.

I don't know where it might be on a Mac.

[micknudsen]

Hmmm ... this is really strange. I can't find anything about authentication. Didn't expect the Mac and Windows versions to be different.

[KieranA]

Hi Michael,

It's on the 'Network' tab in the SourceTree preferences.

Cheers

[micknudsen]

I have looked at that one, but it only has two columns: "Host name" and "Username". There seems to be no way to also store a password.

[micknudsen]

I am in the process of reinstalling Mac OS X on all my machines. Just tried on a machine that I haven't touched yet. Things work perfectly, also in SourceTree 1.9.0.

The problem thus appears to be related to my fresh OS installations. Maybe my machines must somehow be authorized with GitHub? I have tried uploading SSH keys but to no avail (which I would expect, since I am using HTTPS).

[Seth]

Try initiating an SSH connection to GitHub in a terminal. If it asks you whether you want to accept the server's key, say 'yes', then try authenticating with SourceTree again.

[micknudsen]

Still doesn't work. Very strange. This is probably not the right place to ask, but are there any good alternatives to SourceTree on Mac?