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tldr Git SSH protocol will still support authentication via username:password but in this case, the "password" can no longer be your Github Account password, but it can be a Personal Access Token.

So no need to panic if you've been using a build system or other tool that authenticates with username:token instead of a SSH key.



This change affects HTTPS access, not SSH.


https://github.blog/2020-12-15-token-authentication-requirem...

Workflows affected:

* Command line Git access

* Desktop applications using Git (GitHub Desktop is unaffected)

* Any apps/services that access Git repositories on GitHub.com directly using your password


Which one of those is non-HTTPS?


git@github.com:org/repo where you've set it up to use username:password

People who've put this information in a netrc file may see downstream issues in several applications which auth with info found therein


TLDR? The article was three sentences!


Well, the comment was two :D




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