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We should note that this is automatically done for you. No manual user configuration is actually needed.

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It is not automatically done though. The user must manually turn off the VSCode overrides.

Does our extension do this for you?

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See this issue: #12291


Use the [Coder](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=coder.coder-remote)
extension to automatically configure these settings for you!

Otherwise, you can manually configure the following settings:

- Set `git.terminalAuthentication` to `false`
- Set `git.useIntegratedAskPass` to `false`

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