Create and return Github token from bash

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The first time we run hub, it asks for our Github username and password. This is never stored. Instead, hub uses it to create a personal access token that gets saved in your account and then it uses that token for subsequent uses.

Is there a way to achieve the same from a bash script, without registering an application and all that?

This script will be public.

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:30

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without registering an application

Not exactly, since it is part of the oauth workflow.

But from a simple shell, you can store your GitHub username and password in a credential helper like libsecret (Mac) or manager (Windows).

In that case, you won't have to enter said credentials again and you don't have to register anything directly on GitHub.

edited May 23 '17 at 10:30

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answered Dec 05 '16 at 05:41

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“But from a simple shell, you can store your GitHub username and password in a credential helper”. No good, since I wanted to do this as part of setting up a new machine. – user137369 Dec 05 '16 at 13:01

Create and return Github token from bash

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