credential-store --file fails in WinRM on Windows (path escaping, no helper
binary resolution in non-interactive shell). Switch to http.extraHeader:
git -c credential.helper= -c 'http.extraHeader=Authorization: Basic <b64>' clone ...
Advantages:
- No credential helper binary needed
- No temp file (no cleanup required)
- Token never in URL, command display, or Write-Host output
- Works in WinRM non-interactive sessions (no TTY dependency)
- GCM still cleared by credential.helper= prefix
§1.5 compliant: Base64 is in git process argv (not logged by Write-Host).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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