Sometime back I’ve written an article onHow to Read GitHub File Contents using HttpURLConnection. In that tutorial we have created a simple “InputStreamToString” conversion utility which we will use in this tutorial too. Now let’s start with the concept “Basic Authenticat...
Now we have already seen why you might want to use an SSH key. We also demonstrated how to create an SSH key on your computer. As mentioned above, we have a private key and a public key. In the steps below you’ll learn how to upload your public key to GitHub. Log into your Git...
instead requiring a personal access token instead. The easier way to authenticate your system is with GitHub CLI, whichcanuse your account login and password. To use it, open up your terminal and follow these steps. Again, all the steps are the same whether you use Windows, Mac, WSL...
HTTPS requires you to supply an access token every time you push to a repository. SSH allows you to push code without remembering your username and token every time you push code to a GitHub repository. So you have a personal GitHub account—everything is working perfectly. But then, you ...
GitHub README Template: Essential Sections for Effective Documentation Maria, April 13, 2025 How do you help your development team or non-tech-savvy users to understand your project? A GitHub README template provides that kind of guarantee and stability if you know how to use it. There’s...
By adding collaborators, you give them certain privileges that mere contributors do not have. They have both read and write access to the repository, merge incoming pull requests, and much more. Here’s how to add a collaborator: Go to the repository page on GitHub. This is the repository ...
Here's how to add Projects to teams:In the top right corner of GitHub.com, select your profile photo and choose Your organizations. Select the name of your organization. Navigate to the Teams tab and select the name of the team to which you want to grant access. Select Projects an...
Two CloudFormation templates are used to deploy the solution in this post. They are available inthis GitHub repository. Use the regionus-east-1to deploy two stacks. When deploying the CloudFormation stacks, you must include the CAPABILITY_NAMED_IAM value to ackn...
First and foremost, you’ll need a GitHub account. Clickhereto create a free account and start using the platform right away. If you’re still in the GitHub for Beginners stage, signing up for a free account is a good place to start. You get to enjoy access to unlimited public and pri...
Step 1: Accessing Personal Access Tokens in GitHub Settings Head to your GitHub account on a browser and openSettings>Developer Settings>Personal access tokens. Step 2: Generating a New Token If you already have a token it would show up. If the list is empty,ClickonGenerate new tokento get...