How to generate a GitHub classic personal access token
- 27 Mar 2023
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How to generate a GitHub classic personal access token
- Updated on 27 Mar 2023
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Article Summary
If you are migrating a personal repo from GitHub to AllSpice, you will most likely need a GitHub classic personal access token.
Generating token
Log into github.com.
Click on the icon in the upper right corner, and then click on Settings
Click on "Developer settings" on the left menu.
- Select Personal access tokens -> Tokens (classic)
- Click on "Generate new token (classic)".
- Enter a token name, and check all the scopes you want to include. You must at least include Repo. We recommend leaving all of repo checked.
- Copy the generated access token to a secure place. It will only be displayed once.