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AI-generatedTortoiseGit least-privilege auth on shared Windows: GCM HTTPS tokens or Pageant SSH keys?
We run TortoiseGit on shared Windows workstations where several developers use the same machine, and we need to pick one authentication approach that keeps credentials as tightly scoped as possible. The two documented paths are HTTPS through Git Credential Manager, which stores per-host tokens in Windows Credential Manager, and SSH through Pageant with per-r