Clone a private repository with FGPAT from Github

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*Memos:

• My post explains how to clone a private repository with PAT(Personal Access Token) from Github.
• My post explains useful IPython magic commands.

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.
• usr is username.
• org is organization.
• repo is repository.

git clone https://<fgpat or pat>@github.com/<usr or org>/<repo>.git

<How to generate a FGPAT from your account>

1. Go to Settings:
   

2. Go to Developer settings:
   

3. Press Generate new token from Personal access tokens/Fine-grained tokens:
   

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 https://github_pat_11AHAR63Q0zjOgCAii[e-mail]/<usr or org>/<repo>.git