How to update GitHub authentification token on Rstudio to match the new policy?

Question

While pushing a commit to GitHub yesterday, I received an email from the GitHub team:

Basic authentication using a password to Git is deprecated and will soon no longer work. Visit https://github.blog/2020-12-15-token-authentication-requirements-for-git-operations/ for more information around suggested workarounds and removal dates.

Thanks, The GitHub Team

I don't understand a word of the help page... I did create a more secure access token a few months ago when they first announced the change in authentification, and entered it in the terminal of my mac. I thought that would be it. My question is: how to update an Rstudio session created when token weren't necessary to match the new access-token policy?

Thanks in advance for your help,
Rosalie

Perhaps https://happygitwithr.com/credential-caching.html#credential-caching can help — r2evans, Feb 05 '21 at 14:49

Rosalie Bruel · Accepted Answer · 2021-07-26T13:00:02.870

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I don't know how to validate user @r2evans' comment above, but indeed it worked! I already had a PAT token set, so I followed the steps in https://happygitwithr.com/credential-caching.html#credential-caching, starting at 10.2.1.1

install.packages("gitcreds")
library(gitcreds)
gitcreds_set()

I had to enter my account password (computer password), then it showed my current identification parameters. In the console, three choices appear:

1: Keep these credentials
2: Replace these credentials
3: See the password / token

Select 2 to replace the password/token (credentials), and voilà!

Thanks for the easy fix @r2evans.

edited Jul 26 '21 at 13:00

answered Feb 05 '21 at 15:11

Rosalie Bruel

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This worked! It was enough to run gitcreds_set() and insert token, and problem was solved. It should be noted that when prompted for password/token you must add a token. You may have to make the token first. To make a token, see ths recipe: https://docs.github.com/en/github/authenticating-to-github/keeping-your-account-and-data-secure/creating-a-personal-access-token – madsR Sep 15 '21 at 19:55
And (note to future self), the token should not be in quotes! – p0bs Jan 30 '22 at 16:32

score 11 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 27 '21 at 12:50

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@r2evans this was very helpful!

For future visitors of this thread, running gitcreds_set() will prompt a dialog in Rstudio that will ask you what you would like to do with your previous existing user/password credentials.

1: Keep these credentials
2: Replace these credentials
3: See the password / token

By opting for 2, I replaced my credentials with an existing token that I already created on Github. It worked seamlessly!

answered Apr 27 '21 at 12:50

Sharon

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The options didn't come for me, but I just entered the PAT when I was asked for user and pass (when I pushed from RStudio) – Karthik Thrikkadeeri Jan 28 '22 at 10:00

score 6 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 08 '22 at 09:06

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The solutions above didn't work for me. I had to use:

credentials::set_github_pat("my_pat")

Then when prompted by the pop-up boxes I had to use my PAT as my password.

answered Feb 08 '22 at 09:06

Bryan Shalloway

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That is also what I had to do. Thanks for sharing. – ACG Mar 24 '22 at 20:17
not wrong, but why did they make this step so tedious? Pop-up boxes not ok for me. – Michael Tuchman Jul 19 '23 at 12:25

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