Git SCM/Bash not prompting for Credentials on Windows

Question

I've executed git config --system --unset credential.helper and git config --global --unset credential.helper and gone in manually via git config --system --edit and git config --global --edit and all config is empty (just name and email). I've also deleted all entries in Windows Credential Manager and rebooted my PC.

Whenever I attempt a clone, there is no prompt for credentials. As a result, I get a 403 forbidden message. Others have successfully cloned with the same command+url. Protocol is http to an internal server. I don't understand why Git is not prompting for credentials when config doesn't have anything setup. How do I make Git prompt me from credentials?

Answer 1

Deleting your entries in the Credential Manager was good, but you still need to restore the credential helper if you want to see any prompt:

git config --global credential.helper manager

Then the next push will prompt you for your credentials and store them.