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Rohith
Rohith

Reputation: 1167

clone the git repository non-interactively by passing token in the command

I have a repository by name "helloworld" on the Github server - github.infra.com, But the submodules for this repository are from different Github servers.

Now I want to clone my "helloworld" repository recursively by passing the personal access token in the git clone command.

Something like this: git clone --recursive "https://x-token-auth:<token>@<repo_url>". This works iff everything is in single Github server. But not in my case..! Could someone please help me here.

Upvotes: 6

Views: 3303

Answers (1)

VonC
VonC

Reputation: 1324347

Don't try to pass those credentials directly on the command line: you can set them on your global config, and the git will use them.

Use the url.<base>.insteadOf directive:

git config --global url."https://x-token-auth:<token>@<repo_url>".InsteadOf https://<repo_url>
git config --global url."https://x-token-auth:<token2>@<repo_url2>".InsteadOf https://<repo_url2>

Then do your git clone --recursive.

Upvotes: 9

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