How to automatically input a password in command line using batch file?

Question

I am making a batch file that automatically clone our repository, but it will ask for a password input before it can proceed. What i want is that i'll just hard code (or if there is another way) my password. and if it prompts/ask a password, it will automatically input the password i specified in my code... base on my little research (coz most of them are just the same solution)...

i got a code like this

@echo off

echo <password>| git clone <repository url> <output path>

pause

but it doesnt seem to do the trick.

can anyone help me? please???

Possible duplicate of How to provide username and password when run "git clone [email protected]"? — user6811411
– user6811411, Commented Jun 30, 2017 at 9:44

zigarn · Accepted Answer · 2017-07-05 08:10:29Z

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You can simply use the user:password in the clone URL (http://user:[email protected]/repo.git)

Or you can use GIT_ASKPASS, so in your batch file:

create another batch file that do the echo
set the environment variable GIT_ASKPASS to the path to the echo batch file
call git
remove the echo batch file

In a windows batch file it could be something like that (inspired from jenkins-git-client):

@echo off

REM Create askpass batch
>askpass.bat  echo @set arg=%%~1
>>askpass.bat echo @if (%%arg:~0,8%%)==(Username) echo USERNAME
>>askpass.bat echo @if (%%arg:~0,8%%)==(Password) echo PASSWORD
set GIT_ASKPASS=%cd%\askpass.bat

REM Clone
git clone <repository url> <output path>

REM Remove askpass batch
del askpass.bat

Not sure if git will accept a batch file as ASKPASS or if you have to use a shell script, but I hope you get the idea.

edited Jul 5, 2017 at 8:10

answered Jun 30, 2017 at 9:46

zigarn

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5 Comments

zigarn Over a year ago

Updated again, should work better. I'm not good in windows batch files.

John Over a year ago

still doesnt work for me < -- (@)set arg= (@)if (~0,8 ) echo hots --> is this supposed to be the output..

John Over a year ago

Still Not Working :(

zigarn Over a year ago

Try to add debug output (>>askpass.bat echo @echo %%arg%% ^>^&2) after the first >askpass.bat line. Then provide the output you get.

John Over a year ago

ill answer this later.. there is an issue here.. not related to this problem though.. but related to the repository

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