Auth¶

update pat¶

gh auth login #then input the pat
# check status: https://www.githubstatus.com/

check pat¶

curl -H "Authorization: token <my-pat>" https://api.github.com/user

Error:¶

The PAT expired and should be updated.

Add PAT (Personal Access Token)¶

GitHub account, go to Settings

• => Developer Settings

• => Personal Access Token

• => Generate New Token (Give your password)

• => Fill up the form

• => Click Generate token

• => Copy the generated Token

clone with PAT¶

git clone https://username:ghp_MY-PERSONAL-ACCESS-TOKEN@github.com/username/my-repo.git

linux¶

Configure the local GIT client with a username and email address

$ git config --global user.name "your_github_username"
$ git config --global user.email "your_github_email"
$ git config -l
#after first use cache token
#git config --global credential.helper cache #not good
git config credential.helper store
#delete cache record if needed
git config --global --unset credential.helper
git config --system --unset credential.helper
#pull verify
git pull -v

windows¶

Credential Manager from Control Panel

• => Windows Credentials

• => find git:https://github.com => Edit

• => On Password replace with GitHub Personal Access Token

If you cannot find git:https://github.com

• => Click on Add a generic credential

• => Internet address will be git:https://github.com

• => type in username and password (GitHub Personal Access Token)

macos¶

launch app eychain access

• => In Keychain Access, search for github.com

• => Find the internet password entry for github.com

• => Edit or delete the entry accordingly

.gitconfig¶

Configure Git to use the GitHub CLI (gh) as the credential helper.

[credential "https://github.com"]
    helper =
    helper = !/usr/bin/gh auth git-credential
[credential "https://gist.github.com"]
    helper =
    helper = !/usr/bin/gh auth git-credential

check the credentials

gh auth status
gh auth status --show-token