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Token authentication requirements for managing organisations in github? #23414

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The language used in these blog posts is a little confusing. A “Git operation” refers to an activity performed against github.com as a git server and not an activity performed on the website. For example, git push is an authenticated Git operation: today you can git push to github.com with a GitHub username and password but from August 2021 you will need to use a username and token.

The GitHub website already takes advantage of improved security because GitHub control it end to end, so the changes described in these blog posts will not impact the GitHub website, only the git server and the GitHub API. Hopefully future announcements from GitHub will mention this nuance :slight_smile:

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