This will ensure that all Git installations on your system will use this specific installation of GCMW.Azure DevOps supports two types of version control, Git and Team Foundation Version Control (TFVC). Then update your global git config: c:\>git config -global -editįind the section and overwrite it with (update the path to the location where git-credential-manager.exe is installed on your system: You can always find the latest version of the Git Credential Manager for Windows here. First install the latest version of the Git credential Manager for Windows. It's better to point Git to a specific version of the Git Credential Manager for Windows. While this usually works (I've done this myself in the past), it can cause issues when installing a Visual Studio Update in the future. Many posts on Stack Overflow will tell you to overwrite the files in your Visual Studio installation with the latest files from the GCMW repository. In all of these cases, the recommendation is to upgrade the Git credential Manager for Windows. The error was slightly different in this case, but the root cause was the same: Git failed with a fatal error.Ĭannot spawn /C/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio/2017/Community/Common7/IDE/CommonExtensions/Microsoft/TeamFoundation/Team Explorer/Git/mingw32/libexec/git-core/git-askpass.exe: No such file or directoryĬould not read Username for '': terminal prompts disabled. Similar issues have occurred in the past while trying to access BitBucket.
One of those current scenarios is when you want to access a Microsoft Account backed Azure DevOps organisation using an Azure Active Directory account: You may receive "Git failed with a fatal error. There are cases when you need a specific (usually newer) version of the GCMW.
This nifty little helper allows you to authenticate to Azure Repos among other git providers using your normal username and password and optional 2FA and it will handle the Personal Access Token + Renewal for you. Visual Studio ships with the Git credential Manager for Windows (GCMW) as part of its Team Explorer feature.
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