Clarify "PAT" in the userinfo subcomponent when authenticating to repos.

[ObjectOops]

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What article on docs.github.com is affected?

https://docs.github.com/en/codespaces/troubleshooting/troubleshooting-authentication-to-a-repository

What part(s) of the article would you like to see updated?

The purpose of the string "PAT" in the username field when using this method of authentication isn't very clear.

You can clone the repository with a URL that includes the access token. Replace YOUR-VARIABLE with the name of the environment variable or secret you created. git clone https://PAT:[email protected]/OWNER/REPO

It may be assumed that the username field must be set as "PAT", when it can actually take any value as long as it doesn't malform the URL. There could also be confusion as to where the access token should be inserted. Replacing "PAT" with a less ambiguous value like "USERNAME" may be more appropriate.

Additional information

[nguyenalex836]

@ObjectOops Thanks for opening this issue! I'll get this triaged for review ✨

[gsosm0760]

Emeğinize sağlık

[hubwriter]

@ObjectOops - Thank you for raising this. It would be good to clarify this in https://docs.github.com/en/codespaces/troubleshooting/troubleshooting-authentication-to-a-repository, as per the details you've given above.

I've marked this issue help-wanted. If you (or anyone else reading this) would like to raise a pull request to update the docs accordingly that would be great.

Information about contributing to the docs: https://docs.github.com/en/contributing

Markdown file here: https://github.com/github/docs/blob/main/content/codespaces/troubleshooting/troubleshooting-authentication-to-a-repository.md?plain=1