Hiding GitHub token in .gitconfig

Question

I would like to store all of my dotfiles on GitHub, including .gitconfig which requires me to hide the GitHub token in the .gitconfig.

To do so I have a \".gitconfig-hid

Answer 1

I just fixed this up for myself. The "proper" way to solve the issue is to split your gitconfig into two files, a public one with the alias/config/etc, and a private file that keeps your username and secrets. Like so...

From https://github.com/ddopson/dotfiles ...

.gitconfig:

[include]
  # For username / creds / etc
  path = ~/.gitconfig.local

[alias]
  ... 

.gitconfig.local:

[user]
  user = ddopson
  name = Dave Dopson
  email = ddopson@gmail.com
  token = a123uber456secret789ceprivate000key78

[credential]
  helper = osxkeychain

.gitignore:

/.gitconfig.local