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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] Mention that password could be a personal access token.
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On Wed, Nov 2, 2022 at 3:55 AM Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> wrote:
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> How about a different approach, calling it a "secret" first, and then
> defining "secret" as different names for "password".

Or more directly, say "password" and parenthetically add that some hosting
sites may call it with different names like "personal tokens"?