Why am I asked to run "Git Credential Manager"?

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Version

none

Operating system

Windows

OS version or distribution

Windows-11 Pro

Git hosting provider(s)

GitHub

Other hosting provider

No response

(Azure DevOps only) What format is your remote URL?

None

Can you access the remote repository directly in the browser?

Yes, I can access the repository

Expected behavior

To be able to git clone a repo without any questions (as was always possible).

Actual behavior

Why am I asked to run "Git Credential Manager"?

I'm trying to clone a repo that I am a member of, and have never needed to run some random and highly suspicious bloat ware, that is asking for total and full permissions to all my repos, to be able to clone a repo.

I have never accepted to install the git-credential-manager.exe, and see zero reasons to do so, and much less a reason to give it full write access to all my repos.

What's going on, and how to prevent this?

Logs

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