Creating a Personal Access Token (PAT) in GitHub allows you to access your GitHub account from the command line or third-party tools securely. Here’s how to create one:
- Click on your profile icon in the top right corner.
- From the drop-down menu, select 'Settings'.
- Scroll down the left sidebar and click on 'Developer settings'.
- Click on 'Personal access tokens'.
- Select 'Tokens'.
- Click on 'Generate new token'.
- Select either 'Generate new token (classic)' or 'Generate new token (fine-grained)' based on your needs.
- Give your token a note to remember what it's for.
- Scroll down and click 'Generate token'.
- Click the copy icon to copy the token immediately after it is created, as it will only be shown once.
