4

I'm following the steps listed here to try and link an existing local project to a new repo on GitHub.

I ran gh repo create but got an Authentication error, with a note to update my credentials in the .gitsomeconfig file. I ran gh configure and entered my GitHub username and my GitHub password (since I chose that option instead of using an authentication token). I entered them exactly the same as I type them in. Then I ran gh repo create again and still ran into the Authentication error. I output the content of .gitsomeconfig and verified that the user_login is correct (It doesn't display my password anywhere).

I've tried running gh configureat least 6 times now. I've copied and pasted from Lastpass to be extra sure I'm entering credentials correctly. I've tried both my username and my email address since I wasn't sure which gh configure actually wanted for username, but neither seem to work. I'm at a loss for what might be going wrong. Any thoughts or suggestions?

torek
  • 448,244
  • 59
  • 642
  • 775
UncaughtDanError
  • 45
  • 5

1 Answers1

0

The right command is gh auth login, using your GitHub account name and your GitHub token (not password, your PAT: Personal Access Token, with scopes "admin:org, gist, repo, user, workflow")

Then you can check with gh auth status.

Once the status is clean (authenticated), you can proceed with other commands, like gh repo create.

VonC
  • 1,262,500
  • 529
  • 4,410
  • 5,250