How to Solve Missing Credentials

For Git version < v2.36.1, enter this command:


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 git config --global credential.helper "/mnt/c/Program\ Files/Git/mingw64/libexec/git-core/git-credential-manager.exe"

Note that the path should be where Git is installed on your device. After that, the error message listed below should gone.


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 Missing or invalid credentials.
Error: connect EACCES /run/user/1000/vscode-git-431ee25d9d.sock
    at PipeConnectWrap.afterConnect [as oncomplete] (node:net:1157:16) {
  errno: -13,
  code: 'EACCES',
  syscall: 'connect',
  address: '/run/user/1000/vscode-git-431ee25d9d.sock'
}
Missing or invalid credentials.
Error: connect EACCES /run/user/1000/vscode-git-431ee25d9d.sock
    at PipeConnectWrap.afterConnect [as oncomplete] (node:net:1157:16) {
  errno: -13,
  code: 'EACCES',
  syscall: 'connect',
  address: '/run/user/1000/vscode-git-431ee25d9d.sock'
}
/mnt/c/Program\ Files/Git/mingw64/libexec/git-core/git-credential-manager.exe erase: 1: /mnt/c/Program Files/Git/mingw64/libexec/git-core/git-credential-manager.exe: not found
remote: Repository not found.
fatal: Authentication failed for 'github.com/Spring23FSE/finalproject-squirrel.git'

Reference link: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/tutorials/wsl-git

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