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make git and hg remember user/passwords for github/bitbucket over https on linux ubuntu 14.10
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methods mentioned here are not secure as passwords must be stored in plain-text. for careless people only:

git on github

adding auth info to ~/.netrc works well (create if not exist)

machine github.com
login yourusername
password yourpassword

machine api.github.com
login yourusername
password yourpassword

make the file only readable/writeable from yourself (file owner)

chmod 600 ~/.netrc

hg on bitbucket.com

~/.hgrc works well (create if not exist)

[ui]
username = yourusername <your@e.mail>
editor = vim

[auth]
bb.prefix = https://bitbucket.org
bb.username = yourusername
bb.password = yourpassword

make the file only readable/writeable from yourself (file owner)

chmod 600 ~/.hgrc

note: the ui section is not needed it is just relevant. also bb is not a special name; it can be anything, and there can be more than one set of auth information for other domains and accounts (grouped under their own arbitrary name)

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