Clone a private repository over HTTPS: use an access token as the password

This article explains what to type for the user name and the password when you clone a private AngusGit repository over HTTPS. After reading it, you can create a read-only access token that works only for the current repository, finish the clone with it, and save that token on your computer or in CI without writing it into the clone URL. An access token is a secret you create for Git over HTTPS…