Keeping GitHub OAuth Tokens Safe

While making your source code available in a public GitHub repository is awesome, it’s important to be sure you don’t accidentally commit your passwords, secrets, or anything else that other people shouldn’t know.

Starting today you can commit more confidently, knowing that we will email you if you push one of your OAuth Access Tokens to any public repository with a git push command. As an extra bonus, we’ll also revoke your token so it can’t be used to perform any unauthorized actions on your behalf.

For more tips on keeping your account secure, see “Keeping your SSH keys and application access tokens safe” in GitHub Help.

Written by

Neil Matatall

@oreoshake