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Keith
Keith

Reputation: 1133

How to 'git pull' without SSH -or- password?

I'd like to do a git pull from a computer which does NOT have ssh installed. This git pull is going to be part of an automated process, essentially a shell script that is run periodically. This means to do the pull, I would need to store my personal GitHub password on a drive accessible to my whole company, which I'm not comfortable with.

Is there any way to do this?

Thanks!

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1073

Answers (1)

tbekolay
tbekolay

Reputation: 18547

You can do this by generating an API token from your account. See this blog post for details.

You can use this token in place of your password when doing git pull over HTTPS. The big advantage of the API token is that it can later be revoked if the automated process is no longer needed.

Of course, this API token can be used to access any of your repositories. If you want to restrict access, it's probably best to make a separate Github account, and give that account access to your repository by adding it as a Collaborator on your repository.

Upvotes: 3

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