How to Setup New Git Authentication in Elcipse IDE

Question

I recently got an email from Github telling me that git will be moving away from passwords and towards authentication keys for committing and pushing changes. How would I set up this authentication key and tell Eclipse to use this key instead of the password I gave it originally?

Answer 1

First, create a PAT (Personnal Access Token)

Second, in Eclipse, delete your current credential, and on the next push, Eclipse will ask for them again (GitHub username, and your token -- PAT -- as a password)

See "How to make Egit remember password and username?"

• From Eclipse toolbar navigate to Window > Preferences > Security > Secure Storage > Contents Tab > [Default Secure Storage] > GIT > "whatever github url"
• Select the url and delete the current user.
• restart Eclipse