R: Create a new personal access token credential object

cred_token {git2r} | R Documentation

## Create a new personal access token credential object

### Description

The personal access token is stored in an envrionmental variable. Environmental variables can be written to the file `.Renviron`. This file is read by R during startup, see `Startup`. On GitHub, personal access tokens function like ordinary OAuth access tokens. They can be used instead of a password for Git over HTTPS, see https://help.github.com/articles/creating-an-access-token-for-command-line-use/

### Usage

    cred_token(token = "GITHUB_PAT")

### Arguments

`token` | The name of the environmental variable that holds the personal access token for the authentication. Default is `GITHUB_PAT`.

### Value

A list of class `cred_token` with entry:

token

  The name of the environmental variable that holds the personal access token for the authentication.

### See Also

Other git credential functions: `cred_env`, `cred_ssh_key`, `cred_user_pass`

### Examples

    ## Not run:
    ## Create a personal access token credential object.
    ## This example assumes that the token is stored in
    ## the 'GITHUB_PAT' environmental variable.
    repo <- repository("git2r")
    cred <- cred_token()
    push(repo, credentials = cred)

    ## End(Not run)

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