1. Creating a token
1.1. Log in to github.com.
1.2. In the upper-right corner of any page, click your profile photo, then click Settings.
1.3. In the left sidebar, click Developer settings.
1.4. In the left sidebar, click Personal access tokens.
1.5. Click Generate new token.
1.6. Give your token a descriptive name.
1.7. To give your token an expiration, select the Expiration drop-down menu, then click a default or use the calendar picker.
1.8. Select the scopes, or permissions, you'd like to grant this token. To use your token to access repositories from the command line, select repo only.
1.9. Click Generate token.
Treat your tokens like passwords and keep them secret. When working with the API, use tokens as environment variables instead of hardcoding them into your programs.
2. Using a token on the command line
Once you have a token, you can enter it instead of your password when performing Git operations over HTTPS.
For example, on the command line you would enter the following:
$ git clone https://github.com/username/repo.git Username: your_username Password: your_token
Personal access tokens can only be used for HTTPS Git operations. If your repository uses an SSH remote URL, you will need to switch the remote from SSH to HTTPS.