GitHub CLI and Personal Access Tokens: What I Use Daily

Why I Bother With This I got tired of opening the browser every time I wanted to create a repo, check a PR, or trigger a workflow. GitHub CLI (gh) lets me do most of that from the terminal. Personal Access Tokens (PATs) are how Git authenticates when you push over HTTPS. This post covers both — how I generate a PAT and how I use gh day to day. ...

September 4, 2021 · 2 min · Saad