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Bug 558444

Summary:	GitHub Deprecation Notice after connecting with Mylyn
Product:	z_Archived	Reporter:	Raffi Khatchadourian <raffi.khatchadourian>
Component:	Mylyn	Assignee:	Mylyn Inbox <mylyn-inbox>
Status:	CLOSED DUPLICATE	QA Contact:
Severity:	major
Priority:	P3	CC:	twolf, werner.keil
Version:	3.24
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Linux
URL:	https://api.github.com/repositories/82070134/issues?per_page=1&page=1
See Also:	https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=567557
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Description Raffi Khatchadourian

2019-12-18 16:57:43 EST

After connecting to GitHub with Mylyn (task repository), I received the following message from GitHub:

Hi @khatchad,

You recently used a password to access an endpoint through the GitHub API using GitHubEclipse/1.3.0. We will deprecate basic authentication using password to this endpoint soon:

https://api.github.com/repositories/82070134/issues?per_page=1&page=1

We recommend using a personal access token (PAT) with the appropriate scope to access this endpoint instead. Visit https://github.com/settings/tokens for more information.

Thanks,
The GitHub Team

Comment 1 Werner Keil

2020-01-11 10:26:30 EST

+1 

Does this work with Mylyn/Egit already?

Comment 2 Frank Becker

2020-06-06 10:51:18 EDT

I do not know how to setup a repository for github.com. 

Can you tell me how I can create one.

Comment 3 Thomas Wolf

2020-10-04 12:30:33 EDT

(In reply to Werner Keil from comment #1)
> Does this work with Mylyn/Egit already?

Nope, it didn't. Just implemented that for bug 567557. Could use beta testers :-)

Mylyn/EGit installed from the temporary update site https://ci.eclipse.org/egit/job/egit-github.gerrit/127/artifact/org.eclipse.mylyn.github-site/target/repository/ (download as ZIP, then install from the downloaded archive via "Install New Software...") adds a "Use access token authentication" checkbox to the Mylyn repository properties or creation dialog. Check that, and enter the token instead of a password.

Note that tokens for accessing private repos need to have the "repo" scope, and tokens for creating gists need the "gists" scope. A "gists" Mylyn task repo additionally needs the user name.

See [1] and [2] for how to create a personal access token.

If you find any problems, please report either here, or at bug 567557, or on the Gerrit change at https://git.eclipse.org/r/c/egit/egit-github/+/170282 .

[1] https://docs.github.com/en/free-pro-team@latest/github/authenticating-to-github/creating-a-personal-access-token
[2] https://docs.github.com/en/free-pro-team@latest/developers/apps/scopes-for-oauth-apps

Comment 4 Thomas Wolf

2020-10-04 16:49:22 EDT

I see that the change in egit-github got already merged. So if you want to test, you could simply install from the official EGit-Github nightly update site: https://download.eclipse.org/egit/github/updates-nightly/ .

Comment 5 Thomas Wolf

2020-10-06 06:54:16 EDT

Documentation: https://wiki.eclipse.org/EGit/GitHub/User_Guide#Credentials

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 567557 ***