These pages cover Source Control for Oracle 4, which is not the latest version. Help for other versions is also available.
Authentication failed when cloning from GitHub
Published 26 July 2017
If you don't have two-factor authentication turned on
On the Username tab, enter your GitHub username and password and click OK:
If you do have two-factor authentication turned on
You need to provide a personal access token instead of your username and password.
If you already have a token, go to the Access token tab and enter it.
If you don't already have a token, you need to create one:
- Log in to the GitHub website, go to the Applications page, and click Generate new token:
Enter a token description and select scopes for the token:
If your project uses private repositories, make sure repo is selected. If your project uses private repositories, make sure public_repo is selected.
If your project uses both private and public repositories, make sure both repo and public_repo are selected.
More about scopesClick Generate token.
This generates a personal access token:
- Copy this token and return to Source Control for Oracle. On the Access token tab, paste the token into the Personal access token field:
- Click OK.
