Re: github password policy

[Yaakov Selkowitz <yselkowi@redhat.com>]

On Mon, 2021-08-16 at 19:51 +0200, Thomas Wolff wrote:
> 
> Am 16.08.2021 um 16:46 schrieb Lee:
> > On 8/16/21, Thomas Wolff wrote:
> > > github have changed their authentication policy not to allow passwords
> > > anymore.
> > > So they are asking maintainers to acquire another kind of password (a
> > > "token"), which I did a while ago.
> > > But they refuse to support users with the transition, there is no
> > > "plug-and-play" howto available, except for those who are willing to
> > > dive into details of authentication stuff and spend a few study hours on
> > > that useless policy change.
> > > As I cannot update mintty anymore right now from the git command line,
> > > is any maintainer here impacted by the same issue and can help out with
> > > some advice how to get rid of this nuisance?
> > ssh keys work - start here:
> > https://docs.github.com/en/github/authenticating-to-github/connecting-to-github-with-ssh
> Thanks for the link. So I've now added my ssh key to github and 
> successfully tested it.
> Now what? git push apparently still wants to use the old password and 
> reports an error.

Make sure the (push)url for the remote to which you wish to push is in the
form git@github.com:NAMESPACE/PROJECT.git rather than an https:// form.

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Yaakov Selkowitz
Senior Software Engineer - Platform Enablement
Red Hat, Inc.