Git

Install Git

On the Unix box, install Git. To do so, follow this link: [1]

Git User

A Git user must be provided by the development organization. This Git user must have clone, pull, and push access to the projects' repositories to be on-boarded. This Git user is used for all projects.

Set Git Authentication for the Jenkins User

Scripts clone and push to and from the repository; The Git user login and password must be set as per this page: [2]

The following is an example of a ~/.netrc file on Unix:

machine github.com
login gitUserName
password gitPassword

Test

Make sure you can clone some repository using git clone, without having to enter at the prompt the login and password of the Git user.