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# one time setting to easily use Github

I find typing password/remembering tokens hard. So I have been a big fan of setting up ssh keys or the recent trick I found from my colleague Shuhaib.

To clone a repo:

```
git clone https://<MYUSERNAME>:<MYTOKEN>@github.com/scuzzlebuzzle/ol3-1.git
```

You can set remote like this way:

```
git remote set-url origin https://<MYUSERNAME>:<MYTOKEN>@github.com/scuzzlebuzzle/ol3-1.git
```

**References:**

<https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18935539/authenticate-with-github-using-a-token>