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Expand Up @@ -76,8 +76,16 @@ git config --global github.password "your-github-password"
You can also define github.password to be a command which returns the
actual password on stdout by setting the variable to a command string
prefixed with `!`. For example, the following command fetches the
password from an item named "github.password" on the Mac OS
Keychain:
password from the Mac OS Keychain entry for the GitHub website (if you
allow your browser to save passwords):

```bash
password = !security find-internet-password -u <your github username> -s github.com -w | tr -d '\n'
```

If you don't allow your browser to save passwords, you can use the following
to fetch the password from a Keychain entry named "github.password" (you'll
also need to create the Keychain entry):

```bash
password = !security find-generic-password -gs github.password -w | tr -d '\n'
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