[TriLUG] FInally hopping back on GitHub (help with PAT)

[Jos Purvis via TriLUG]

It would help if I used the subscribed email address to respond eh?

> On 9 Mar, 2021, at 15:32, Jos Purvis <jos at melete.org> wrote:
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> My sense is that personal access tokens are more intended for automation, so for use in scripts that need the ability to pull from a private repo, or that need the ability to commit changes to a repo on your behalf. For regular interactive git work, I'd stick with a good SSH key on a hardware token.
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>> On 9 Mar, 2021, at 14:58, Matthew Glassman via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org> wrote:
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>> Hello LUGers,
>> 
>> I'm finally hopping back in to GIthub land and it now suggests/requires
>> using a Personal Access Token.  My question is where do you store this so
>> that it is both secure and unnecessary to type everytime you go to commit
>> or push and how?
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Matthew
>> 
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