Fix credential helper to be portable across environments - #16
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Reset credential helper chain with empty helper to override system-level osxkeychain, and use PATH-based gh command instead of absolute path for cross-platform compatibility. Also add gist.github.com credential config. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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helper = ""to override system-levelosxkeychain(Xcode)ghcommand instead of absolute path (/opt/homebrew/bin/gh) for cross-platform compatibilitygist.github.comcredential configBackground
gh auth setup-gitwrites absolute paths to.gitconfig, which breaks when sharing dotfiles across macOS/Ubuntu. This change uses the portable"!gh auth git-credential"form instead, andgh auth switchalone handles account switching without needinggh auth setup-giteach time.Test plan
gh auth switchcorrectly switches git credentials on macOS🤖 Generated with Claude Code