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by tracker1 1181 days ago
That's funny, I do it every day. It's frankly easier to install git credential manager (even integrate into WSL) for 2FA authentication on Github (and other git hosts).

I get a bit paranoid when having to deal with Tokens on various CI/CD environments as it stands. And the things that start breaking every year when I forget to update them. Note: this is personal/hobby projects, not corporate stuff, where I'm strictly in the codebase and try to keep my fingers out of CI/CD beyond getting a Docker image built, and someone else configures the keys/auth.
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akerl_ 1181 days ago
How are you using git credential manager for 2fa on GitHub? They stopped supporting user/password auth for HTTPS git access a while back, and started requiring personal access tokens (which do not require a 2nd factor)
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tracker1 1181 days ago
GCM will use an embedded browser so you can authenticate with the UI including your second factor, which will then give you a credential/token that can be used in the git environment over HTTPS. It's still a (differt, oath vs reference generation) token, but you aren't having to go generate, configure and update it yourself.
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