Set your Git config's username and password and easily push, pull and fetch from GitHub, GitLab and Bitbucket.

GitHub has said a bug exposed some user passwords -- in plaintext. The code repository site, with more than 27 million users as of last year, sent an email to affected users Tuesday.

GitHub pushes users to enable 2FA following end of password authentication for Git operations GitHub said on August 13 it will no longer accept account passwords when authenticating Git operations.

GitHub wants you to protect your account with the right type of authentication. Learn how to secure your account.