Set git config credential.helper cache and timeout via python

[Jason Friedman]

> Hey All,
>
> I have a set of bash and python scripts that all interact with a remote
> git repository.
>

This does not exactly answer your question, but whenever I have wanted to
interact with (popular) software via Python I have checked to see if
someone has already written that code for me.

https://pypi.org/search/?q=git

https://gitpython.readthedocs.io/en/stable/tutorial.html