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<time class=article-time--reading>1 minute read</time></div></footer></div></header><section class=article-content><p>Today&rsquo;s post is half a quick note, half public shaming. In other words,
it is a reminder to be very careful with OAuth tokens and passwords.</p><p>As part of moving to emacs, I starting using the incredibly useful
<a class=link href=https://github.com/defunkt/gist.el target=_blank rel=noopener>gh.el</a>. When you first use it, the
extension saves either your password or an OAuth token in your
.gitconfig file. This is cool and convenient, unless you <a class=link href=https://github.com/balkian/dotfiles target=_blank rel=noopener>happen to be
publishing your .gitconfig file in a public
repo</a>.</p><p>So, how can you still share your gitconfig without sharing your
password/token with the rest of the world? Since Git 1.7.0, you can
<a class=link href=http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1557183/is-it-possible-to-include-a-file-in-your-gitconfig target=_blank rel=noopener>include other files in your
gitconfig</a>.</p><div class=highlight><div class=chroma><table class=lntable><tr><td class=lntd><pre tabindex=0 class=chroma><code><span class=lnt>1
</span><span class=lnt>2
</span></code></pre></td><td class=lntd><pre tabindex=0 class=chroma><code class=language-fallback data-lang=fallback><span class=line><span class=cl>[include]
</span></span><span class=line><span class=cl> path = ~/.gitconfig_secret
</span></span></code></pre></td></tr></table></div></div><p>And now, in your .gitconfig_secret file, you just have to add this:</p><div class=highlight><div class=chroma><table class=lntable><tr><td class=lntd><pre tabindex=0 class=chroma><code><span class=lnt>1
</span><span class=lnt>2
</span><span class=lnt>3
</span></code></pre></td><td class=lntd><pre tabindex=0 class=chroma><code class=language-fallback data-lang=fallback><span class=line><span class=cl>[github]
</span></span><span class=line><span class=cl> user = balkian
</span></span><span class=line><span class=cl> token = &#34;&lt; Your secret token &gt;&#34;
</span></span></code></pre></td></tr></table></div></div></section><footer class=article-footer><section class=article-tags><a href=/tags/github/>Github</a>
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