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

[Mauricio Tavares via TriLUG]

On Tue, Mar 9, 2021 at 3:44 PM Jos Purvis via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org> wrote:
>
> It would help if I used the subscribed email address to respond eh?
>
      Talking about github

https://github.blog/2021-03-09-git-clone-vulnerability-announced/

> > On 9 Mar, 2021, at 15:32, Jos Purvis <jos at melete.org> wrote:
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >> On 9 Mar, 2021, at 14:58, Matthew Glassman via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> 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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