Can I use GitHub's 2-Factor Authentication with TortoiseGit?

To compliment Cupcake's answer, use the Personal Access token feature within GitHub.com while using TortoiseGit:

  1. Set up 2-step auth.

  2. Set up a personal access token - taking note of the generated token (use the Copy to clipboard button next to the generated token).

  3. Set TortoiseGit to remember your password as detailed here.

  4. Now perform a pull operation on GitHub.com, enter your username, but instead of using your normal password, use the token that was generated in step #2.

  5. Perform another pull operation on GitHub.com to ensure the token is remembered.


The GitHub blog post about 2-Factor Authentication mentions that you can generate a "personal access token", that can be used in place of a password when 2-Factor Auth is enabled:

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I'm not sure if it will actually work with TortoiseGit, but maybe you can give it a try? You can generate an access token at the Authorized applications settings page:

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In case someone has the same problem - using access tokens with TortoiseGit works in general, though for some reason I couldn't force it to use normal authentication prompt, so I had to do git clone https://ghusername:[email protected]/repo.git