Source Control Authentication

When communicating with a remote Git repository server, the JADE development environment may be required to authenticate with the remote repository service.

The JADE development environment uses Git Credential Manager for Windows (GCM) and extensions to provide authentication and secure Git credential storage.

The Git configuration has a helper setting, which when set to the value manager, instructs Git to use the Windows Credential Manager. The JADE Git client uses the GCM, regardless of the value.

The JADE Git client uses the GCM to provide the following functionality.

2018.0.01 and higher