Git core.askPass config variable does not work

[ngregory-rbi]

Update 3: GIT_ASKPASS now no longer works (as a relative path). Absolute paths work fine, but those cannot be used because they differ by platform.

[ngregory-rbi]

Ended up using a credential helper instead.

git config --global credential.helper store
echo "https://user:$PKG_TOKEN@github.com" > ~/.git-credentials;