How To Push From Your Local Machine To Github

To push to a Git repository hosted on a platform like GitHub, GitLab, or Bitbucket, you often need a Personal Access Token (PAT) instead of a password. Here’s how to generate and use a token for GitHub as an example:

Generating a Personal Access Token on GitHub

1. Log in to GitHub: Go to GitHub and log in to your account.
2. Go to Settings: Click on your profile picture in the upper-right corner and select “Settings.”
3. Access Developer Settings: On the left sidebar, scroll down to “Developer settings” and click on it.
4. Navigate to Personal Access Tokens: Click on “Personal access tokens” and then on “Tokens (classic).”
5. Generate a New Token: Click on “Generate new token.”
6. Set Token Details:

    

   • Note: Give your token a descriptive name.
   • Expiration: Choose an expiration date (e.g., 30 days).
   • Scopes: Select the scopes you need. For pushing to a repository, you generally need repo (full control of private repositories).
7. Generate Token: Click the “Generate token” button.
8. Copy the Token: Copy the token shown on the screen. This is your only opportunity to copy it. Keep it secure as it grants access to your repositories.

Using the Personal Access Token

1. Set Up Your Repository: If you haven’t already cloned your repository, do so:
   git clone https://github.com/your-username/your-repository.git cd your-repository
2. Configure Remote URL with Token: Update your repository’s remote URL to include the token. The format is <code>https://<TOKEN>@github.com/your-username/your-repository.git</code> For example:git remote set-url origin https://YOUR_TOKEN@github.com/your-username/your-repository.git
3. Push Changes: Now you can push changes to your repository using the token:git add . git commit -m "Your commit message" git push origin main

Example

4. Clone Repository:

   git clone https://github.com/your-username/your-repository.git cd your- repository

5. Set Remote URL with Token:

   git remote set-url origin https://ghp_abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1234567890@github.com/your- username/your-repository.git

6. Push Changes:

   git add . git commit -m "Initial commit" git push origin main

Storing the Token Securely

Instead of including the token in the URL each time, you can configure your Git credentials to store the token securely:

 

1. 1. Install Git Credential Manager: For Windows, it might be installed already. For Mac and Linux, follow the installation instructions from the Git Credential Manager page.
1. 1. Configure Credential Helper:shCopy codegit config --global credential.helper manager-core
1. 1. Push to Repository: The first time you push, you will be prompted for your username and token. Git Credential Manager will store these securely:shCopy codegit add . git commit -m "Initial commit" git push origin main

Thanks for reading. Hope this was helpful 🙂