How do I set up git-credential-manager-core in Windows to use bitbucket with oauth?

Question

I cannot get it to work - even after some iterating (azure-repos/generic, ...).

Please help.

We use MS Entra accounts.

In the SSO dialog to access bitbucket in the browser, my email address is firstname.lastname@company.com - logging in works.

My bitbucket user name is firstnamelastname.

This is my current user profile .gitconfig:

[user]
name = Firstname Lastname
email = firstname.lastname@company.com

[url "https://firstnamelastname@bitbucket.org/"]
insteadOf = "ssh://git@bitbucket.org/"

[credential]
bitbucketAuthModes = oauth
bitbucketValidateStoredCredentials = true
msauthUseBroker = true

[credential "https://bitbucket.org"]
username = firstname.lastname@company.com

[credential "https://firstnamelastname@bitbucket.org"]
username = firstname.lastname@company.com
provider = azure-repos
allowWindowsAuth = true

Theodora Boudale · Answer

That's good to hear, Arne, thank you for the update.

Please feel free to reach out if you ever need anything else.

Arne Hormann · Answer

Hi Theodora,

that worked for me, thank you very much. I will use it in our internal documentation.

Best regards,

Arne

Theodora Boudale · Answer

Hi Arne,

I was able to make this work with a ~/.gitconfig like the following:

[user]
    name = Jane Doe
    email = janedoe@example.com
[credential]
     helper = manager
     bitbucketAuthModes = oauth

I installed the latest version of Git and I also installed the Git Credential Manager https://github.com/git-ecosystem/git-credential-manager/tree/main during the Git installation (I was given the choice to do so while installing Git). Then, I cloned a Bitbucket repo from Git Bash with a command like the following:

git clone https://username@bitbucket.org/workspace-id/repo.git

I'm not sure what is the purpose of the additional [credential] entries you have in your own config that are specific to bitbucket.org.

* One thing to note there is that your Bitbucket username (that is used by Git for authentication) is NOT your email address. Your email address can only be used for logging in to the website https://bitbucket.org/ from browser. For Git operations over HTTPS, you can find your Bitbucket username on this page https://bitbucket.org/account/settings/ (after logging in).
* There's also an entry for [credential "https://firstnamelastname@bitbucket.org"] where the provider is set to azure-repos, that doesn't seem to be correct.

Does OAuth work if you use a simple ~/.gitconfig like the one I posted in the beginning of my reply?

If you're still facing issues, the best people to help are the developers of the Git Credential Manager. This tool is not developed by Atlassian so we don't have extensive knowledge on all the config options, expected behavior, bugs, etc. We can give you some guidance based on the available documentation, but its developers will have more extensive knowledge to help.

Kind regards,
Theodora