Importing from GitHub

Question

Hey, I am trying to import my private repository from GitHub. Like in this manual:
https://confluence.atlassian.com/bitbucket/import-a-repository-from-github-or-gitlab-951409524.html

but always get an "remote: Invalid username or password." error though i am sure my github credentials are correct.

The procedure runs fine, if I try to import one of my public repositories, without any authentication. Any ideas on that? Thank you!

Daniil Penkin · Accepted Answer

Hello @mkison,

Are you using two-factor authentication or SAML single sign-on in GitHub by any chance? In these cases the regular username and password won't work, you should use personal access token instead.

Hope this helps.

Cheers,
Daniil