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(b) If the above didn't work, delete those credential altogether and try Option 1 or 2 again. (a) edit it and replace the password field with a GitHub PAT.

For each credentials related to GitHub (if the name mentions GitHub) in Web Credentials or Windows Credentials categories,.

When prompted, enter your usual GitHub username but give the PAT (the one you created in step 1) instead of the regular password.

Click on the Refresh Personal Access Token button.

Authentication: Personal Access Token (different from option 1 above).

In the Sourcetree, choose Tools -> Options -> Authentication.

When asked to select the scope of the PAT, you can choose the repo option and the workflow option.

Create a classic (not fine-grained) GitHub Personal Access Token (PAT), by following the instructions here.

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Now, your Sourcetree should be able to push code to a GitHub repo that you have write permission to.

If a Browser Window pops up and asks you to login to GitHub and to authorize Sourcetree accessing your GitHub account, do so.

Click on the Refresh OAuth token button.

Click on Add, to add an authentication method.

If any GitHub authentication methods are shown in that dialog, delete them.

In the SourceTree, choose Tools -> Options -> Authentication.Authenticate with your default browser on your GitHub account with your normal GitHub username/password.If you did not connect your SourceTree to your GitHub account during the installation, or your current SourceTree-GitHub connection is not working, given below are how you can rectify it. If prompted to set up an SSL key, you can click No, but you are free to set of an SSL key if you are familiar with SSL key usage.Ĭonnecting Sourcetree to Your GitHub Account.You can unselect Mercurial, as we will be using Git instead.

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In the Pick tools to download and install, you will be asked to choose whether to install Git and.

After you sign in to GitHub successfully, the installation can continue. This usually opens up a Browser for you to sign in to GitHub.

click the Refresh OAuth Token button so that SourceTree can obtain youn access token from GitHub.

choose OAuth as the authentication method.

In the next step, you will be prompted to Connect an Account.

If the installer doesn't allow skipping, you can create an Atlassian account as directed.

When prompted to Login to your Atlassian account, you can try to skip that step.

Download Sourcetree from their website and run it.

If you are prompted for a password, the keychain entry was deleted.SourceTree is a free GUI client for Git. To test that it works, try and clone a private repository from. If it's successful, nothing will print out.

Through the command line, you can use the credential helper directly to erase the keychain entry. Find the 'Internet password' entry for .ĭeleting your credentials via the command line.Type Keychain Access, then press the Enter key to launch the app.Click on the Spotlight icon (magnifying glass) on the right side of the menu bar.For more information, see ' Managing your personal access tokens.' Updating your credentials via Keychain Access Password-based authentication for Git has been removed in favor of more secure authentication methods. Alternatively, you can use a credential helper like Git Credential Manager. When Git prompts you for your password, enter your personal access token.

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GCM can manage authentication on your behalf (no more manual personal access tokens) including 2FA (two-factor auth).

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We recommend you either configure SSH or upgrade to the Git Credential Manager (GCM) instead. Note: Updating credentials from the macOS Keychain only applies to users who manually configured a personal access token using the osxkeychain helper that is built-in to macOS.