Source tree fix for git Password authentication is temporarily disabled as part of a brownout. Please use a personal access token instead [duplicate]

Question

FYI this is specifically for sourcetree I am having this error when pulling in sourcetree, it was working just fine yesterday but it suddenly had this error.

git -c diff.mnemonicprefix=false -c core.quotepath=false --no-optional-locks fetch origin
remote: Password authentication is temporarily disabled as part of a brownout. Please use a personal access token instead.
remote: Please see https://github.blog/2020-07-30-token-authentication-requirements-for-api-and-git-operations/ for more information.
fatal: unable to access 'https://github.com/London-Foster/frontend.git/': The requested URL returned error: 403

I tried having a personal access token and use it on source tree but still was not able to login.

Answer 1

1 - Generate a new token from git dev settings

2 - In SourceTree, you just need to change your repository settings there:

3 - Change the URL/Path with the new format:

https://<USERNAME>:<TOKEN>@<GIT_URL>.git

4 - Press OK and it is good now!

Answer 2

in source tree > open repo settings > remotes tab > edit the remote "URL/path" to be

https://{personal-access-token>@github.com}/{<my-repo>}.git>

then save and try to push

i did like @heratyian answer and works fine.

Answer 3

Step by step using the terminal and github

1. Remove repo

git remote remove origin

2. Generate personal access token https://docs.github.com/en/github/authenticating-to-github/keeping-your-account-and-data-secure/creating-a-personal-access-token

3. Add remote back using personal access token

Remember to replace <personal-access-token> and <my-repo> with your credentials.

git remote add origin https://<personal-access-token>@github.com/<my-repo>.git>

Answer 4

If on Windows, open the Credentials Manager and delete your github credentials if any.

If on macOS, open the Keychain Access app and delete your github credentials if any.

Then, get a Personal Access Token by following the guide here https://docs.github.com/en/github/authenticating-to-github/keeping-your-account-and-data-secure/creating-a-personal-access-token

Then push your code as normal and when asked enter your newly generated personal access token.