How to login to Github from the terminal

Hello,

Today we have a quick tutorial for developers who may be having problems logging into Github from the terminal. This guide assumes you have some experience as a web developer and know what Github is. Let's jump straight in.

 

1. First you need to set your username with the following command. Replace YOUR_USERNAME with your actual Github username.

git config --global user.name "YOUR_USERNAME"

2. Next type the following commpand and you should get back the username you just entered. If your username is correct please continue to the next step.

git config --global user.name

3. The next command will set your email address. Please replace your_email_address@example.com in the code below with your actual github login email address.

git config --global user.email "your_email_address@example.com"

4. To verify your email saved correctly please run the following line of code

git config --global user.email

To get a list of all the information currently saved run

git config --global --list

The next time you push code to Github it will trigger a pop up that prompts you to enter your password. This popup will not show if you have previously logged into Github on your computer.

If you have previously logged into a Github account you need to delete the login entry in credential manager for Windows or keychain for MacOS to retrigger the login banner