The following section shows commands that push a change to github using an access token and checks status after the push.
I have, without problems, run similar commands for years with password supported access , and I believe it also ran without problems once with the access token.
If I clone the project I get all changes, so it seems that my only problem is to move the remote pointers in the existing project.
Ib@DESKTOP-R2E4N8B ~/GitHub/pagaten
$ git status
On branch master
Your branch is ahead of 'origin/master' by 1 commit.
(use "git push" to publish your local commits)
nothing to commit, working tree clean
Ib@DESKTOP-R2E4N8B ~/GitHub/pagaten
$ git push https://<ACCESS TOKEN>@github.com/ib-m-j/pagaten
Counting objects: 3, done.
Delta compression using up to 2 threads.
Compressing objects: 100% (3/3), done.
Writing objects: 100% (3/3), 302 bytes | 60.00 KiB/s, done.
Total 3 (delta 2), reused 0 (delta 0)
remote: Resolving deltas: 100% (2/2), completed with 2 local objects.
To https://github.com/ib-m-j/pagaten
2dc4f9f..c0c7e2c master -> master
Ib@DESKTOP-R2E4N8B ~/GitHub/pagaten
$ git status
On branch master
Your branch is ahead of 'origin/master' by 1 commit.
(use "git push" to publish your local commits)
nothing to commit, working tree clean