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 Regards Lee