Set up Personal Access Token for GitLab
- In GitLab click on the Avatar icon in the top right corner and click on Edit profile
- Then in the left hand menu, click on Access->Personal access tokens
- Next,click on the Generate token button on the right hand side.In the drop down select Legacy token.
- Create a token with a name, write_repository and read_repository scopes, and an expiration date.
- Click Generate Token and Copy the token somewhere safe — it’s shown only once. Paste this in as the “password” whenever Git asks for credentials.
