#GITHUB PERSONAL ACCESS TOKEN INSTALL#
You need for that to install git-credential-manager-core, downloading its latest release, like gcmcore-linux_amd64.2.0. sudo dpkg -i Īlthough, with GCM (Git-Credential-Manager-Core) on Linux, as noted by Mekky Mayata in the comments, you need to define a git config -global credential.credentialStore first. The idea remains: store the PAT in an encrypted credentials store.Īs mentioned above, the more modern solution (Q4 2020) is Microsoft Git-Credential-Manager-Core, or, Q4 2022, Microsoft Git-Credential-Manager git config -global credential.helper manager-core
#GITHUB PERSONAL ACCESS TOKEN FOR MAC#
The next time, it won't ask, and reuse directly that PAT, which remains stored securely in your Credential Manager.Ī similar idea applies for Mac with the OSX keychain, and Linux with the GNOME Keyring (in 2021, it would need a DBus session and libsecret), but in 2021, GCM-Core covers those use cases.
The first time you are pushing to a repo, a popup will ask for your credentials: username and your PAT. (manager-core is being replaced by/renamed as manager for Git 2.39+, Q4 2022) Git config -global credential.helper manager On Windows, for instance, that would use the Windows Credential Manager, through the GCM - Git Credential Manager - for Windows, Mac or Linux: git config -global credential.helper manager-core Since a PAT can be used in place of a password when performing Git operations over HTTPS with Git on the command line or the API, you can use a git credential helper to cache it securely. That differs from your password, which is unique to your account, and cannot be easily changed without having to also modify it everywhere you happen to use it. you can revoke at any time (from the GitHub web interface), which makes that PAT obsolete, even if it lingers around on one of those machines.you can generate multiple time (for instance, one per machine from which you need to access GitHub repository).Yet GitHub's personal access token system seems to basically force you to store the token in plain text?įirst, a PAT (Personal Access Token) is not a simple password, but an equivalent that: Half the point of passwords is that (ideally) you memorize them and the system hashes them, so therefore they're never stored anywhere in plain text.
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