Announcing the Git Credential Manager for Windows 1.0
Dec 8, 2015Jeremy Epling

Summary
This post announces version 1.0 of the Git Credential Manager for Windows (GCM), a replacement for the unmaintained WinStore credential manager. It highlights key features including secure password storage, MFA/2FA support for VSTS and GitHub, PAT generation/usage, non-interactive mode for VSTS with Azure AD, and build agent optimization. The post explains the seamless setup and usage flow, including how GCM handles authentication for VSTS and automatically reuses credentials.
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