Generating a token in Git

Git supports pushing the files to the repo only through tokens.

Here will explain how to generate tokens for Git access.

1. Login to your Github Account

2. Access url: https://github.com/settings/tokens

3. Enter: Generate Token

4. Provide some info in Note

5. Select required checkboxes (I selected all checkbox)

6. Click Generate Token

A token will be generated for you.

You have to use the generated token to do git clone.

How to git clone with generated token

For eg:

Username is : johndoe

Generated Token is : ghp_abc123

Repo is : greetings

Then the git repo url will be :

https://johndoe:ghp_abc123@github.com/johndoe/greetings.git

7. Once the token is generated, you can also set it globally in gitconfig

$ git config --global url."https://${username}:${access_token}@github.com".insteadOf "https://github.com"
Eg: git config --global url."https://johndoe:ghp_abc123@github.com".insteadOf "https://github.com"