I was setting up a new editor and I was trying the GitHub push workflow.

I committed my changes, pressed “Push” and I got a dialog window to enter my GitHub username and password.

On GitHub I have 2FA set up, so you can’t just log in using those credentials.

What I had to do was create a personal access token that’s tied to the app, with the permission needed.

So I went to the GitHub settings, located Developer Settings:

Clicked Personal access tokens:

Now add a name so you’ll remember what this token is for, set the expiration to “No expiration” and enable the repo scope. That’s the only one you need:

Save and you’ll be able to see the token.

Now enter this token as the password in the username/password dialog window.

You’re set.

Lessons in this unit:

0:	Introduction
1:	GitHub issues
2:	Social coding
3:	Pull requests
4:	Project management
5:	Comparing changes
6:	Webhooks and integrations
7:	What happens after pushing
8:	Create a GitHub account
9:	Using GitHub desktop
10:	Using Git in VS Code
11:	A developer's introduction to GitHub
12:	How to set up Git and GitHub from Zero
13:	▶︎ How to authenticate to GitHub using username and password
14:	How to make your first Pull Request on GitHub
15:	Benefits of using Git (and GitHub) as a solo dev