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Question - IDE Cannot push to Github anymore - GitHub Login Dialog does not work

LeonDr

LeonDr

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I understand that there were some changes on GitHub that required changes to GameMaker Studio.
So I recently upgraded to the latest version of GameMaker IDE: 2.3.4.580
However, when I want to push my changes I get this new GitHub Login Dialog. When I provide my GitHub credentials, nothing happens, it just closes without any message or pushing any changed.
I confirmed that my credentials were correct since I copied the same username/password to the GitHub website and it accepts these credentials.
Anyone has a clue?
 
chamaeleon

chamaeleon

Member
I don't bother with using source control inside GMS, but I'll guess it's related to
github.blog

Token authentication requirements for Git operations

Beginning August 13th, 2021, we will no longer accept account passwords when authenticating Git operations on GitHub.com.
github.blog github.blog
github.blog

Securing your GitHub account with two-factor authentication

The benefits of multifactor authentication are widely documented, and there are a number of options for using 2FA on GitHub.
github.blog github.blog
With the August 13 sunset date behind us, we no longer accept password authentication for Git operations.
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LeonDr

LeonDr

Member
Here an update of an older story, hopefully it will be useful to someone.

I fixed the issue by creating a token on github as follows:
Log in to Github website , Click on your profile -> Settings ->Developer Settings -> Personal access tokens -> Generate new token -> Check the Repo checkbox -> Generate token.

The generated token you can now be used as a password. (I'm not sure if you can use this token as a password in the GIThub login dialog, since it does not pop up for me anymore).
I went to the config file in the \.git folder and updated my url as follows:
url = https://MYNAME:[email protected]/MyProject/myGame.git
Replace MYNAME with the git username (use the git username, not email address)
Replace TOKEN with the token from github.

Be aware that the token is now stored in a plain text file.
Remember to occasionally renew your token, by default it will expire.
 
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