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Xcode 12 – GitHub Login Forced to use Personal Access Token

Xcode won’t let me login to GitHub using my email and password, and is forcing me to use an account and personal access token. Of course, I could just generate a token and log in with that. However, I’d prefer not to have to use tokens – logging in with an email and password is just so much more simple.

Is this normal behavior, and is anyone else experiencing this? Maybe there is a workaround that I’m not aware of?

Xcode -> Preferences -> Accounts -> Add GitHub Account

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    This is normal behavior. GitHub is deprecating their basic auth with username/password for their API. In fact, when you access them via Xcode with an old account you get an email about it:

    Basic authentication using a password to the API is deprecated and
    will soon no longer work. Visit
    https://developer.github.com/changes/2020-02-14-deprecating-password-auth/
    for more information around suggested workarounds and removal dates.

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    To do this, after you generate the token (recommend the repo token), go to xcode > Preferences > Accounts > GitHub

    If SSH is shown: press Enter Password and a new screen appears with a placement for your token. When you enter the token, the protocol will change to HTTPS.

    That’s it.

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