Quarto CLI - Password Authentication is not supported for Git operations / publish gh-pages with SSH?

[gabay147]

Description

I am trying to retrofit my Quarto github.io page with automated rendering through GitHub actions. I'm working with RStudio and have followed the instructions (found here: https://quarto.org/docs/publishing/github-pages.html#github-action) both within the integrated RStudio terminal and the standalone CLI on my mac (M1, Sequoia 15.7.3).

In either case, for the command quarto publish gh-pages the CLI returns: remote: Invalid username or token. Password authentication is not supported for Git operations.

I have recently generated an SSH key for my system, but I don't see any options to pass an SSH key instead of basic HTTPS authentication.

I understand that this command is crucial for generating the proper directory setup for establishing a GitHub action. Can I build this directory manually? Or is it necessary to find a solution to the CLI authentication error?

[gabay147]

SOLUTION:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/68781928/support-for-password-authentication-was-removed-on-august-13-2021

1. Generate a personal access token
2. Use that instead of the password when prompted

I haven't practiced much outside of the most basic Git features, so I didn't realize this was a thing. I wonder if a note in the documentation would be beneficial?

[mcanouil]

A note about setting up Git/GitHub?
These are documented on GitHub.
More generally, these setups are documented on the Git host you chose to use.

• https://docs.github.com/en/get-started/git-basics/set-up-git