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Re: [PATCH v3] Mention that password could be a personal access token.

From
Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
Date
Nov 8, 2022, 21:48 UTC
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On Tue, Nov 08, 2022 at 01:01:27PM +0000, M Hickford via GitGitGadget wrote:
> From: M Hickford <mirth.hickford@gmail.com>
>
> Git asks for a "password", but the user might use a
> personal access token or OAuth access token instead.

Looks good to me. The only minor issue I noticed was that the commit message should have been prefixed with an area but wasn't.

I changed it to the following when queueing:
    Documentation/gitcredentials.txt: mention password alternatives
Thank you for your work. Let's start merging this one down.

Thanks, Taylor

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  1. Mention that password could be a personal access token.M Hickford via GitGitGadget, Oct 27, 2022
  2. Junio C HamanoOct 27, 2022
  3. Jeff KingOct 27, 2022
  4. Junio C HamanoOct 27, 2022
  5. M HickfordNov 1, 2022
  6. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonNov 1, 2022
  7. M HickfordNov 1, 2022
  8. Mention that password could be a personal access token.M Hickford via GitGitGadget, Nov 2, 2022
  9. Eric SunshineNov 2, 2022
  10. Junio C HamanoNov 2, 2022
  11. Eric SunshineNov 2, 2022
  12. Philip OakleyNov 2, 2022
  13. M HickfordNov 8, 2022
  14. Mention that password could be a personal access token.M Hickford via GitGitGadget, Nov 8, 2022
  15. Taylor BlauNov 8, 2022

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