Clone a Private Github Repo with a Personal Access Token

In this short post I will demonstrate how to clone a private github repository with a personal access token.

From github.com/settings/tokens select the scopes:

• repo:status
• repo_deployment
• public_repo
• repo:invite
• security_events

You will receive a token which you need to keep in a safe place.

Set your token in your git clone string:

$ git clone https://${TOKEN}:x-oauth-basic@github.com/MyUser/MyRepo.git

Resources:

• https://help.github.com/en/github/authenticating-to-github/creating-a-personal-access-token-for-the-command-line

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