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The New HTTPS Authentication to Github
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- interglobalmedia
- @letsbsocial1
Authenticating to Github via HTTPS using a username and password is no longer a valid way of connecting to Github via the Command Line (Mac) or Command Prompt (Windows). As of August 13, 2021, it has been replaced with Personal Access Tokens.
This means that when you get to either the Git Command git commit, or if you manage to get past that one and onto push -u origin master or git push origin master, you will not be able to push your changes to your remote repository on Github. This is if you are on a Mac.
For a full explanation of what happens when you try to use the old Github authentication via https to push your local commits to your remote Github repository, please visit the following link on stackoverflow: Support for password authentication was removed. Please use a personal access token instead
I did not know about this because I have been using SSH since the beginning. And those of us using SSH have not been affected. This protocol is even more secure than the personal access token authentication! However, I did walk a student on a Mac through this, and the Github docs were great about creating a personal access token. What we also did, which is not mentioned anywhere, but will make your life easier, is after you create the personal access token, and are ready to implement it for the first time, do it from the Command Line (Terminal) and NOT VS Code’s Integrated Terminal. You probably would encounter permission issues there since you will not have used your personal access token yet. After you HAVE used it, it will be saved to your keychain, and then will no longer have issues with VS Code.
For those on Windows OS, it is much easier. I did not even need to use a personal access token when using VS Code from inside the Integrated Terminal. I did not write down the process at the time, but the following link from stackoverflow goes into detail about the new Github authentication via HTTPS replacing the old one covering all OS: Support for password authentication was removed. Please use a personal access token instead
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