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docs: clarify oauth2 requirement and read/write

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Addresses feedback that oauth2 is not required, and that the token
itself can serve as the username. Clarifies that read access is all that
is required for fetching.
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Mark Pitblado 2025-02-03 06:31:38 -08:00 committed by Robert Wolff
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@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Clone with the Git command `clone` followed by the repo URL.
### SSH
SSH is the recommended method to use to access your online repository. Before you are able to access Git repositories via SSH, you need to [add an SSH key to your account](/security/ssh-key).
Before you are able to access Git repositories via SSH, you need to [add an SSH key to your account](/security/ssh-key).
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Unpacking objects: 100% (3/3), 214 bytes | 1024 bytes/s, done.
```
If you wish to clone a private repository, simply add an [access token](/advanced/access-token/) from your account into the URL passed to `git clone`. You only need to scope the access token to have read/write access to repositories for this operation.
If you wish to clone a private repository, simply add an [access token](/advanced/access-token/) from your account into the URL passed to `git clone`. If you only wish to fetch repositories, the token only needs read access. If you wish to push to the repository and have 2FA enabled, write access is needed.
```shell
~$ git clone https://oauth2:token@codeberg.org/user/repo.git
~$ git clone https://token@codeberg.org/user/repo.git
Cloning into 'repo'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 3, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (3/3), done.