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Git Credential Store Missing with 2.56.0 #6455
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Git for Windows version
2.56.0Windows version
Windows 11
Windows CPU architecture
x86_64 (64-bit)
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Terminal/shell
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Commands that trigger the issue
We use the full path to the credential manager to access it from a WSL distro, so all git credentials can be stored in one single location - the windows credential manager. We set
git config --global credential.helper "/mnt/c/Program\ Files/Git/mingw64/bin/git-credential-manager.exe"
in WSL.
With git for windows 2.55.0 that worked fine - with 2.56.0 it no longer works. We had issues in the past already with that path changing from time to time. We saw it at
`/mnt/c/Program\ Files/Git/mingw64/libexec/git-core/git-credential-manager.exe`
`/mnt/c/Program\ Files/Git/mingw64/libexec/git-core/git-credential-manager-core.exe`
`/mnt/c/Program\ Files/Git/mingw64/bin/git-credential-manager-core.exe`
Did the path change again? Or is the credential manager really missing this time?Expected behaviour
C:\Program Files\Git\mingw64\bin\git-credential-manager.exe exists
Actual behaviour
C:\Program Files\Git\mingw64\bin\git-credential-manager.exe does not exist
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smartEBL commentedon Sep 30, 2026
Something in that direction? git-ecosystem/git-credential-manager#762
dscho commentedon Sep 30, 2026
You probably missed this part of the release notes of v2.56.0:
What you configured is an internal path. And it changed. So you'll have to adapt your configuration, too.
smartEBL commentedon Oct 1, 2026
Ah, okay - that I missed. Thanks!
mjcheetham commentedon Oct 1, 2026
Note that we're in the process of updating the GCM + WSL interop docs to call out the different paths.
git-ecosystem/git-credential-manager#2460
dscho commentedon Oct 3, 2026
/add relnote feature To help with fixing stale references to the Git Credential Manager after Git for Windows v2.56.0's MINGW64 -> UCRT64 migration, a compatibility shim is now installed.
The workflow run was started
Add a release note (feature)