Github Personal Access Tokens

Save time setting up Github by learning about PATs within Git.

Every developer will need time to setup some kind of (GIT) distributed version control system for their code.

We will be using Git and Github to demonstrate how to secure your codebase with the power of Personal Access Tokens.

Let’s Get started!

Navigate to Developer Settings in Github

First visit the profile page in Github.

You can use https://github.com/settings/profile to see your settings for your profile.

Next navigate to the tab Developer Settings, here you will be able to create and manage your Personal Access Tokens.

Next generate a new token for your account.

Set Up a Git Configuration on your machine

Now that a personal access token is available in your Github account, let’s make sure you can access your…