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Confused by "Machine User" docs #24314

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Kinda necroing the topic, but anyway:

Yes, it’s still “just an user account”, but one that’s not accessed by humans, only scripts and/or programs. You will still have to create the account, which must have a valid email, and will also have to manage it’s password and SSH keys (in other words: safely store and use them). But the nice thing about it is that when using together with teams it gives you some nice flexibility for automating repository tasks, and it’s “totally cool” as GitHub puts it.

It’s a bit of work to set it up at the start, but after that it makes it easier to manage.

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