github password policy

[Corinna Vinschen]

On Aug 16 14:13, Thomas Wolff wrote:
> github have changed their authentication policy not to allow passwords
> anymore.
> So they are asking maintainers to acquire another kind of password (a
> "token"), which I did a while ago.
> But they refuse to support users with the transition, there is no
> "plug-and-play" howto available, except for those who are willing to dive
> into details of authentication stuff and spend a few study hours on that
> useless policy change.
> As I cannot update mintty anymore right now from the git command line, is
> any maintainer here impacted by the same issue and can help out with some
> advice how to get rid of this nuisance?

ssh pubkey works nicely, afaik.


Corinna