azuredevcollege/trainingdays

Use access token instead of password for git clone

sebastianeggers opened this issue · 1 comments

Bug Report

Reproduction

Follow day 3 challenge 0, until section 'Clone the repository with a password'.

Expected Behavior

The repository is cloned by following the given instructions

Current Behavior

Following the instructions by cloning a repository using username and password prompt results in the following error message:

remote: Support for password authentication was removed on August 13, 2021. Please use a personal access token instead.
remote: Please see https://github.blog/2020-12-15-token-authentication-requirements-for-git-operations/ for more information.
fatal: Authentication failed for <repository-url>

Possible Solution

Replace the instructions for using a password with instructions to create and use an access token.

Hi @sebastianeggers,

thank you for opening the ticket. Can you please point me to the exact section in challenge-0 (https://azuredevcollege.com/trainingdays/day3/challenges/00-challenge-baseline.html)?

Happy to adjust it.

Thanks,
Christian