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$ git token store https://github.com
Username: <insert your Github username>
Password: <insert your "Personal Access Token", not your GitHub password>

If you are using an environment or distribution without support for GNOME Keyring (for example if you are connecting to a GNU/Linux server over SSH), or if you want to use your own scheme for storing the PAT, then that is also supported. You can store non-sensitive data such as your username and the URL of the Git source code hosting provider in your ~/.gitconfig file in the "credential" section:

[credential "https://github.com"]
username = YOUR-GITHUB-USERNAME

For the PAT itself, all Skara tools interacting with an external Git source code hosting provider's API supports the GIT_TOKEN environment variable. This means that instead of storing your PAT in a secure way in a Git credential manager you will have to secure the PAT yourself according to your security requirements. To generate a a Personal Access Token on GitHub go to https://github.com/settings/tokens and and click on "Generate new token". You only need to select the "repo" scope (permission). The following sections then give a few examples on how to securely store the PAT you just generated depending your security needs.

GnuPG

You can use GnuPG (GPG) to store your personal access token encrypted in a file. You will first have to store your GitHub username in the Git configuration file by running the following command (replace <USERNAME> with your GitHub username):

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