Clone a private repository with FGPAT from Github

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*My post explains how to clone a private repository with PAT(Personal Access Token) from Github.

With FGPAT(Fine-Grained Personal Access Token), you can clone a private repository from your account and you can also clone a private repository from your organization if you're its owner or member:

*Memos:

• You need to generate a FGPAT and add it to the command below. *Organization doesn't have FGPAT or PAT generator.


• A FGPAT can select permissions more precisely(finely) than PAT.


• 
  fgpat is FGPAT.


• 
  pat is PAT.
  

git clone https://<fgpat or pat>@github.com/<your account or organization>/<repo>.git

<How to generate a FGPAT from your account>

1. Go to Settings:
   
   




2. Go to Developer settings:
   
   




3. Press Fine-grained tokens, then press Generate new token:
   
   




4. Fill Token name, then select All repositories in Repository access. *You can select Only select repositories to only select the repositories you want but don't select Public Repositories (read-only) otherwise you cannot clone a private repository:
   
   




5. Set Access: Read and write for Contents to clone a private repository and to do some basic operations such as add, commit, push etc.
   
   




6. Press Generate token:
   
   




7. Finally, a FGPAT is generated:
   
   

This is the command with the FGPAT generated above:

git clone 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@github.com/<your account or organization>/<repo>.git