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Support for password authentication was removed. Please use a

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I got this error on my console when I tried to use git pull :

488 remote: Support for password authentication was removed on August 13, 2021. Please
use a personal access token instead.
remote: Please see https://github.blog/2020-12-15-
token-authentication-requirements-for-git-operations/ for more information.
fatal: unable
to access "..." : The requested URL returned error: 403
166

It's very weird, because I just follow the documentation and created a token two weeks ago on
GitHub that expires on Tue, Oct 26, 2021. Why has this been removed today?

git github token github-api git-pull

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Peter Mortensen Daemes
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26 They've been sending warnings about this for at least 6 months.

– Barmar
Aug 14 at 18:11

5 I don't understand the question. Literally from the link in the error message "Beginning August 13, 2021,
we will no longer accept account passwords when authenticating Git operations on GitHub.com."
– njzk2
Aug 14 at 21:42

9 This was an unpleasant thing to deal with. I had not seen any warnings. This simple one-line command
solution in an answer below worked for me git remote set-url origin
https://<token>@github.com/<username>/<repo>
– Kai Carver
Aug 17 at 20:31

5 I get this stupid error even though I already have an ssh key
– munchschair
Aug 18 at 16:45

3 @JuanC here is quick tutorial for mac youtu.be/iKf8-hhdWjs

– VeKe
Aug 20 at 2:18

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From August 13, 2021, GitHub is no longer accepting account passwords when authenticating Git
operations. You need to add a PAT (Personal Access Token) instead, and you can follow the
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Create Personal Access Token on GitHub

From your GitHub account, go to Settings => Developer Settings => Personal Access
Token => Generate New Token (Give your password) => Fillup the form => click
Generate token => Copy the generated Token, it will be something like
ghp_sFhFsSHhTzMDreGRLjmks4Tzuzgthdvfsrta

Now follow below method based on your machine:

For Windows OS ⤴
Go to Credential Manager from Control Panel => Windows Credentials => find
git:https://github.com => Edit => On Password replace with with your GitHub
Personal Access Token => You are Done

If you don’t find git:https://github.com => Click on Add a generic credential =>
Internet address will be git:https://github.com and you need to type in your username
and password will be your GitHub Personal Access Token => Click Ok and you are
done

For macOS ⤴
Click on the Spotlight icon (magnifying glass) on the right side of the menu bar. Type
Keychain access then press the Enter key to launch the app => In Keychain Access,
search for github.com => Find the internet password entry for github.com => Edit or
delete the entry accordingly => You are done

For a Linux-based OS ⤴
For Linux, you need to 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

Once GIT is configured, we can begin using it to access GitHub.

Example:

$ git clone https://github.com/YOUR-USERNAME/YOUR-REPOSITORY

> Cloning into `Spoon-Knife`...

$ Username for 'https://github.com' : username

$ Password for 'https://github.com' : give your personal access token here

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Now cache the given record in your computer to remembers the token:

$ git config --global credential.helper cache

If needed, anytime you can delete the cache record by:

$ git config --global --unset credential.helper

$ git config --system --unset credential.helper

Now try to pull with -v to verify

$ git pull -v

Linux/Debian
(Clone as follows):

git clone https://<tokenhere>@github.com/dadenewyyt/react-projects.git

For PhpStorm
If you are using PhpStorm, go to menu Git => pull and select authentication via
Personal Access Token. Enter your PAT it will allow to pull/push the changes.

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sta
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2 Be sure to save the token on some local file or in some cloud.Upvoted.

– Goran_Ilic_Ilke
Aug 14 at 9:37

2 Given that the OP states they already created a token two weeks ago, this doesn't address the actual
problem.
– 9769953
Aug 14 at 11:55

3 Ummmm, it isn't asking for a token when I clone my repo, how should I proceed then?
– Prhyme
Aug 14 at
15:16

2 Same experience as @Prhyme. I am not able to get git to prompt me for username and password, even
trying to clone private repos, push to repos, etc. When I go to push to a repo, it continues to give the
"Support for password authentication was removed" message, without prompting for anything.
– 9gt53wS
Aug 14 at 19:08

2 For mac first time, when you are prompted for a password when you pushing the code to your repo, enter
the access token, It will add the token in the keychain and it won't prompt again.
– Dhiraj Himani
Aug 23 at
5:38

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If you're using macOS, just simply follow these steps:

241 1. Go to this link: https://github.com/settings/tokens (Profile -> settings -> developers setting ->
personal access tokens). (don't go to repository setting; it's your profile setting)

2. Generate a new token and copy-paste it somewhere safely.

3. Now search for an app in your Mac, named Keychain Access .

4. Search for github.com (if there are multiple GitHub logins then choose Kind: Internet
password ), double-click it.

5. Click on show password, then enter your Mac's password and hit Enter .

6. Password should be visible by now. Now, just paste the token you generated in step 2 and
click Save changes .

And that's it. Enjoy!

If you're using Windows:

1. Follow steps 1 and 2 as above.

2. Search for an application in your Windows OS, named Credential Manager → then Windows
Credentials.
3. Search for github.com and edit the password with the token you have generated on
GitHub.
Now enjoy!

Developer's hack (shortcode):

git remote set-url origin

https://<githubtoken>@github.com/<username>/<repositoryname>.git

While cloning:

git clone https://<username>:<githubtoken>@github.com/<username>/<repositoryname>.git

It will work on every OS (Mac, Windows, or Linux).

Cons: You have to remember or should need to do to each repository in your local. So I'll prefer
everyone to use above mentioned steps.

NOTE:

For those who don't have this entry: it could be made. one way to do it is- to clone a project. then
it will ask for your username and password. instead of password give it the token and then the
entry would be made.
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kartik tyagi
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14 There's no such entry for me (Mac)

– DarkNeuron
Aug 14 at 16:01

1 thanks, this works for Linux in my case

– Arun Maurya
Aug 15 at 6:11

1 definitely! thanks @ClaudH . I updated the answer.

– kartik tyagi
Aug 15 at 14:04

2 I found that on Windows, it was necessary to delete the existing credential in the credential manager.
Then, the next time I tried to do a git push , it prompted for the Personal Access Token. Simply resetting
the existing credential did not work.
– J. Peterson
Aug 16 at 7:48

1 saved my day 👍 developer heck shortcut was great for me, just removed old remote url and added new
one (mac, but i belive this is the case for all OS)
– Inzamam Malik
Aug 16 at 8:52

Use My Account → Settings → Developer settings → Personal access tokens → Generate new
token.
167
git remote set-url origin https://<token>@github.com/<username>/<repo>

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Peter Mortensen ßãlãjî
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7 Note that this seems to require running this command in each repo for that repo to be reset with the new
credentials. Hopefully there is a global solution.
– 9gt53wS
Aug 14 at 19:08

8 This one perfectly worked for me. The above one with maximum vote didn't work.
– Kapilfreeman
Aug 14 at
20:55

3 Thanks! Using token as password not work, but adding this work awesome
– Syorito Hatsuki
Aug 16 at
4:28

4 This is very insecure, not only does it allow anyone on the local system with read access to the local repo
control over that repo, git remote -v simply discloses the key giving the attacker account wide access
to your GitHub account.
– Joshua Kolden
Aug 17 at 20:48

4 @ßãlãjî OS key managers and browsers take grate pains to secure credentials. Normal git workflow do not
expose passwords or ssh private keys to other users with read access to a repo. The above advice does. It
allows anyone with read access to a copy of a local repo, including for example a shared work or school
filesystem, to see the user's clear text Personal Access Token. This extends to archived copies as well,
such as source tarballs that retain the .git directory.
– Joshua Kolden
Aug 18 at 4:27

For Linux these simple steps can solve your problem

1. If your Git password is cached in credential.helper, then unset it:
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git config --local --unset credential.helper

Or, If you have set your credentials globally, then:

git config --global --unset credential.helper

2. Now go to your GitHub Account settings

3. Click Developer Settings

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4. Select Personal Access

5. Generate a token with the given permissions, e.g.,

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6. Now git pull inside your Git repository

7. Provide a username and the generated token as a password

That is a straightforward solution step by step.

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PS: If you are annoyed by Git asking for username/token again and again,
follow these three simple steps
Run nano ~/.git-credentials . Remove the GitHub line and save it.

git config --global credential.helper store

Risky as physically the token is saved in file ~/.git-credentials

Run git pull and provide the username and password only once

It will not ask for the username and access token again and again now!

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1 Those are a lot of permissions. What are you using that token for?
– Bergi
Aug 14 at 13:15

It all depends on the use case you want to use that token for. So select those permissions according to
your use case.
– Umar Hayat
Aug 14 at 15:37

This message means that you're using a password instead of a personal access token to access
GitHub over HTTPS, and that's no longer allowed. GitHub has disabled password authentication
59 because it's common for people to accidentally leak their passwords, and while a personal
access token can be restricted to limit the damage, a password cannot.

If you haven't explicitly entered your password at a prompt, then it's likely you have a credential
manager which is saving your password and sending it without prompting you.

You can follow the directions for clearing your credential manager listed in the Git FAQ:

$ echo url=https://[email protected] | git credential reject

You should use this same URL, but replace account with your own username (e.g., in my case, it
would look like echo url=https://[email protected] ).

Then, the next time you try to push or pull, Git will prompt you for a username and password. For
the username, enter your GitHub username, and for the password, generate a new personal
access token on the appropriate settings page and paste it into the password field. If you're
working from the command line, you may not see any indication that the password was
successfully pasted; this is normal, so just hit Enter afterwards.

That will save the personal access token in your credential manager for the next time, assuming
you have one set up. If you're not sure if you have one set up, run git config
credential.helper and see if it outputs anything.
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If you don't have one set up, you should add one so that you don't have to memorize your token.
Run one of the following commands, depending on operating system:

git config --global credential.helper manager on Windows;

git config --global credential.helper osxkeychain on macOS;

git config --global credential.helper libsecret on Linux (if available); or

git config --global credential.helper store on Linux if libsecret isn't available.

Then you can try the push or pull again until you're no longer prompted.

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Peter Mortensen bk2204
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1 Thanks for the info, I just tested git config --global credential.helper osxkeychain and git
config --global credential.helper but nothing is happening in my console, so I will try the first
solution. Just one question, what is the url=https://[email protected] ? The link of my repot or my
github?
–  Daemes
Aug 13 at 17:22

3 check out stackoverflow.com/questions/68776300/… to change the password on a mac

– Evan
Aug 13 at
19:22

2 The technique I've mentioned above will clear the password on any system so Git will prompt for it again.
That's why we documented it in the FAQ, because the directions are different for each individual OS and
credential helper and it's too hard to write a single answer that applies to all systems when it involves the
GUI.
– bk2204
Aug 13 at 19:56

2 echo url=https://[email protected] | git credential reject was just what I needed. Thank
you!
– Nolan Strait
Aug 17 at 18:39

this was extremely clear and helpful, thanks a lot!

– baskcat
Aug 19 at 13:18

GitHub has made changes in password authentication. If you are trying to access Git by
username and password then it does not allow you. So use a personal access token instead of
37 a password to access Git everywhere.

Here are the steps to generate Personal access tokens.

Click here - https://github.com/settings/tokens

Step 1 - Open GitHub and log in with your credentials.

Step 2 - Click on the Setting menu.

Step 3 - From the Setting menu click on Developer Settings

Step 4
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Step 5 - From the Personal access token click on the Generate new Token button.

Step 6 - Now fill up required details like Note, Expiration, Select scopes. And then click on
below Generate Token button.

Step 7 - After that new token has been generated. Copy that generated token and use this token
to access Git with username and token.

If you are using Windows then please follow the below step.

Open Control Panel => User Accounts => Manage your credentials => Windows
Credentials.

It will show all generic credentials. Find your GitHub URL and click on that. Now click on the edit
button. And then add the personal access token generated from GitHub into the password field.
And click on the Save button.

Now you can access Git.

If you are accessing Git in Android Studio, if asked for a password then add the GitHub personal
access token instead of your password everywhere.

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1 You are my hero. At first it did not work because for me the correct GitHub URL in the credential manager
was git:gitshub.com and not github.com/username. Maybe it helps someone. Also I am of the opinion the
hatefulness of GitHub knows no bounds.
– Lars Wissler
Aug 14 at 11:31

There's a alternative way as well to do that: you can use direct ssh key as well: youtu.be/egdJy_FWUh4
– Code Cooker
Aug 21 at 16:38

1 So basically password should be replaced by git token everywhere.

– Aditya Kapre Shrewsbury
Aug 21 at
20:45

And, if I am using Linux command line ? Edit: answer: just use the token as password...
– 3xCh1_23
Aug
24 at 18:45

1 @Lars Wissler Thank you so much, you saved me! git:github.com is the correct address indeed.
– Blue Phoenix
Sep 2 at 1:39

Generate an access token in GitHub from Settings → Developer settings.

30 If you have cloned your repository in the past and made it as origin, then you can change the
authentication so,

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If you are going to clone repository after 13 August 2021, then you can use the normal clone
command and set the generated access token in the password field.

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Peter Mortensen Abdelrahman Elayashy
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And it should be "<repo>.git".

– G.Vanem
Aug 15 at 12:04

If you're like me and have years worth of git repos that you used password based auth on. I have made
this: find . -type f -path '*/.git/*' -name 'config' -exec sed -i
's%https://github.com/%[email protected]:%g' {} \; It will recursively search in the .git folder for
any file called config and find and replace the https URL with the git@github one. I'd recommend only doing
this on simple repos where you know you have plain vanilla remotes. I haven't tested how it will work on
different setups. YMMV!
– robmsmt
Aug 17 at 2:05

I tried removing the username and it worked: git remote set-url origin
https://<token>@github.com/<repo>.git
– doubleo46
Aug 20 at 7:07

For Ubuntu, use the following steps

16 At https://github.com/settings/tokens, go and generate a token.

git push

username: user_github_username

password: add_generated_token instead of the password.

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420 5 17

worked perfectly, simple and effective, thanks!

– Mathiasfc
Sep 3 at 18:15

A one-command simple solution to solve it

If your computer has no SSH key added to the GitHub account, I add information for you to do it
11
at the end of the answer. You should do it first.

After push failed, then do this:

git remote set-url origin [email protected]:{user_id}/{project_name}.git

And push again. Then it works.

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Let me show my case in the following.

(And I will guide you on how to do your case.)

At the first, when I add, commit, and push, then I meet this issue:

And then, my current Git log is the following.

In the final, this is my way to solve the issue.

In my case,

1. {project_name} <-> open-idea-pool

2. {user_id} <-> milochen0418 is the

3. {branch_name} <-> master

(your branch_name maybe is main, but not master)

When I push failed, the only thing I need is this one command:

git remote set-url origin [email protected]:{user_id}/{project_name}.git

Then I push it again by:

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For the example of my case,

git remote set-url origin [email protected]:milochen0418/open-idea-pool.git

git push -u origin master

It works.

--
By the way, this is the process of creating an SSH key to GitHub account.

You can refer to these two links to do it. The information here supports Mac, Windows, and Linux.

1. Issue on adding SSH key to GitHub

2. Adding a new SSH key to your GitHub account

Furthermore, if you want to clone a new project, you can do the following command:

git clone [email protected]:{user_id}/{project_name}.git

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2 I bet this works only because you have an SSH key added to the github account.
– HolyBlackCat
Aug 14 at
15:17

@HolyBlackCat Yes, you are right.

– Milo Chen
Aug 14 at 15:29

1 Maybe add the process of creating an SSH key to the answer?

– HolyBlackCat
Aug 14 at 15:32

Thanks a lot. I will add some simple processes of creating an SSH key tomorrow. GitHub official doc also
introduces how to do it, but that's is too complicated for junior people.
– Milo Chen
Aug 14 at 15:35

I've done to add the process of creating an SSH key to github account by refer two excellent links.
– Milo Chen
Aug 15 at 4:57

Generating a GitHub personal access token (PAT)

9 1. Log in to your GitHub account and open Settings → Developer Settings

Personal Access
Tokens.

2. Click on Generate New Token .

Do not forget to copy and the token after generation. It is accessible only once.

Windows
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1. Open Control Panel → User Accounts → Credential Manager.

2. Now, look for git:https://github.com .

3. Click on Edit.

4. Replace the password with the GitHub Personal Access Token.

MAC

1. Click on Spotlight Icon and search for Keychain Access .

2. Inside Keychain Access, search for github.com.

3. Now, look for the internet password entry for github.com.

4. Update the entry.

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Peter Mortensen Aayush
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I found that on Windows, it was necessary to delete the existing credential in the credential manager. Then,
the next time I tried to do a git push , it prompted for the Personal Access Token. Simply resetting the
existing credential did not work.
– J. Peterson
Aug 16 at 7:51

Your solution is the simplest and fastest. Thanks

– ekkeee
Aug 16 at 15:04

Mac users -- a simple solution.

Set up the personal access token in GitHub:
7
Settings → Developer Settings → Personal access token

Open Keychain → type "GitHub"

Change the password to the personal access token.

Try commit/pushing.

Select "Always allow" and business is as usual.

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I was using git pull on Linux with a password before.

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Generate an access token by going to Personal access tokens.

Here is example of git pull

git pull

Username for 'https://github.com': gitusername

Password for 'https://[email protected]': //Then enter generated token

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VK321
4,948 3 35 43

In my case after doing "git pull", just do "git pull" a second time and you should get prompted for the
username and password automatically. It shouldn't require you go to delete your password in the OS
settings.
– P.Brian.Mackey
Sep 9 at 15:27

In Linux, you can generate a new access token in GitHub and directly replace it in place of the
password in the ~.git-credentials file.
5
The password section starts with : and ends with @ .

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Peter Mortensen Shriraj Hegde
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For Mac users

4 Generate a token and set it in the keychain.

This quick video explains it well.

For Windows Users

Just instead of the keychain, you need to set up Credential Manager with the newly generated
token.

Here is a quick video for Windows

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Peter Mortensen Shagayag
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Join Stack
Go toOverflow to learn,
Settings → sharesettings
Developer knowledge, and buildayour
→ generate newcareer.
token if it does not exist. Sign up

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4 Or copy the token if it exists.

Then set the token:

git remote set-url origin https://<token>@github.com/<username>/<repo>.git/

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Peter Mortensen FBA Gimhana
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First create the token on GitHub:

4 1. Click on the profile picture and in the menu select Settings

2. Select Developer Settings in the left menu at the bottom

3. Select Personal Access tokens in the left menu (third option)

4. Select Generate new token and follow the next steps.

If you have not installed GitHub CLI, you would not find it in your keychain Access. Therefore you
should install it first.

1. Install GitHub CLI for macOS

brew install gh

For Windows:

winget install gh

scoop install gh

choco install gh

2. On the command line, enter gh auth login , follow the prompts, and provide the following
answers
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? What is your preferred protocol for Git operations? HTTPS

? Authenticate Git with your GitHub credentials? Yes

? How would you like to authenticate GitHub CLI? Paste an authentication token

3. Paste the token you created on GitHub and press Enter .

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Peter Mortensen Pascal Nitcheu
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As a security precaution, GitHub automatically removes personal access tokens that haven't
been used in a year. To provide additional security, we highly recommend adding expiration to
3 your personal access tokens.

Just follow Creating a token.

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Peter Mortensen vaibhav
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Run these commands inside your project directory if the project was cloned before 13 Aug 2020:

3 git remote set-url <remote_name> <remote_url>

git pull

Type your username and personal access token as the password.

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Peter Mortensen Jirawat Yuktawathin
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Example - git remote set-url origin github.com/myName/GitTest.git

– Akitha_MJ
Aug 17 at 17:05

A quick solution for Windows users

3 Open Credential Manager and just remove the already-saved credentials for Git:
https://github.com.

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After this step, run the command again for pull/push in the terminal. GitHub will ask to log in with
your default browser automatically (make sure you are logged in with GitHub in the default
browser).

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After successful login, we got this message:

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For more help related to this, you can also watch this video.

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Peter Mortensen Arslan Ahmad khan
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Android Studio Arctic Fox Solution (Windows 10)

I was authenticated in Android Studio Arctic Fox (latest version) using a personal access token,
2
but still, I was getting this error on August 14, 2021:

remote: Support for password authentication was removed on August 13, 2021. Please use
a personal access token instead.

I generated a new access token on github.com, removed my GitHub account from Android
Studio, and added the account again with the new access token. But still, it was showing the
same error.

Reading other solutions on Stack Overflow, I downloaded the GitHub CLI, and added my GitHub
account in the Windows command prompt with the access token successfully, and tried to push
the repository from Android Studio again, which again failed.

Then following this article, I did the following at the command line:

cd <project-directory>

git remote set-url origin https://<TOKEN>@github.com/<user_name>/<repo_name>.git

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from share Studio,
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Peter Mortensen Raw Hasan
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In three commands:

2 First create a token as indicated in the official documentation: Creating a personal access token

Then reset the Git credentials

git config --global --unset credential.helper

Clone or pull your repositories:

`git pull` or `git clone`

Then enter the token as your password.

If you want to save your token, you can use:

git config --global credential.helper cache

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Peter Mortensen Badr Bellaj
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Recently GitHub updated their remote: Support for password authentication. Which was removed
on August 13, 2021 to use PAT (personal access token) instead for accessing the GitHub API.
2
You can read about in the blog post here.

Now to enable PAT

Log in to your GitHub account.

Follow this write-up for the next actions.

Now to use the token on the command line, do this:

git clone https://github.com/username/repo.git

Username: your_username

Password: your_token

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Note that your token has an expiry time and must be kept privately and used whenever you need
to authenticate on the command line.

Heads up
If your are cloning into a repository that is owned by an:

Organisation

Make sure your are member of that organisation

Or if some personal repository,

Make sure you have enabled the following

The organisation/personal will need to enable remote cloning and forking like so:

Go to organisation settings:

Enable member privileges:

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For people who want to use Sourcetree:

2 Just copy like this at the source path:

https://<token>@github.com/<username>/<repo>

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Peter Mortensen MHL007
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For those who followed the instruction to generate the Personal access tokens, but forgot to
select suitable scopes:
1
Please do remember to choose suitable scopes like repositories. You won't get a different error
prompt whether you use the previous password or a new token without a suitable scope.

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Peter Mortensen Eugene
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Re "choose suitable scopes like repositories" (seems incomprehensible): Do you mean "choose suitable
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in comments (without "Edit:", "Update:", or similar - the answer should appear as if it was written today).
– Peter Mortensen
Sep 5 at 9:25

For anyone who uses Sourcetree as the Git client, open Preferences → go to the Accounts tab →
Add GitHub account → Auth type = basic → fill in your GitHub account and the access tokens
1 from GitHub you created as a password → Use HTTPS protocol → done!

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Peter Mortensen gogoqaz
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The best solution I have found so far:

0 1. Install GitHub CLI, brew install gh or check how to install for other OSes

2. Type gh auth login in your terminal

3. Follow through like this:

What account do you want to log into?

Choose GitHub.com

What is your preferred protocol for Git operations?

Choose HTTPS

Authenticate Git with your GitHub credentials?

Choose Yes

How would you like to authenticate GitHub CLI?

Choose Login with a web browser

(Copy the one-time code and paste in the browser)

Press 'Enter' to open github.com in your browser

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Peter Mortensen ashdaily
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In case someone is looking for way to install brew on Arch based distros:
gist.github.com/fardjad/114ebf50a0dd031418bb63b3b134db51
– Harry Adel
Sep 7 at 21:32

Yesterday I had some issues trying to find GitHub on the Keychain in my Macbook. I've tried a lot
of ways with no success.
0
From my perspective, the workaround I've used to be able to pull and push from my GitHub
account
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This allowed me to do it with no further configuration.

1. You can do it going here: https://github.com/settings/keys

2. Then New SSH key

3. If you already created a ssh locally just run pbcopy < ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub in your terminal

4. Then pull, push, clone or whatever you need from your GitHub repo and it's done

I know this is not the solution to the issue, but it worked for me since I needed to do it fast and to
me honest there is no reason that I need to use https instead of SSH

Hope this information is useful for someone!

Cheers!

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undefinedsoul
11 3

That did not work for me.

– Daniel
2 days ago

Can you provide more details? Do you already have a ssh generated? Also, make sure when you are
cloning the repo you change. HTTPS to SSH
– undefinedsoul
yesterday

I was not able to clone the project was always giving this error. The solution I encouraged was,
after having generated the Token as the post was spoken in the post, I did as described below.
0
Using personal access token for the cloning new project

For cloning also you just need to modify the url as you have done instep 2

Older way to clone a repository

git clone repository_url folder_name

git clone https://github.com/<user>/<repository> my_project

New way of clone with personal access token

git clone https://<token>@github.com/<user>/<repository> my_project

How to solve, I want to share my solution.

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