Bug 466357 - when cutting/pasting a github api token as password, it would be good to do trim on the string
Summary: when cutting/pasting a github api token as password, it would be good to do t...
Status: NEW
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Product: EGit
Classification: Technology
Component: GitHub (show other bugs)
Version: 3.7   Edit
Hardware: All All
: P3 normal (vote)
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Reported: 2015-05-04 17:20 EDT by Alexander Lehmann CLA
Modified: 2015-05-04 17:20 EDT (History)
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Description Alexander Lehmann CLA 2015-05-04 17:20:12 EDT 
When using 2 factor authentication, api tokens have to be used instead of the password for the github login. This token is generated on a github settings page which for some reason puts a space in front and behind the key. When pasting the key into the mylyn github config, the login fails, probably since the spaces are included in the api call. It would be helpful if the password would trimmed before using it so that this works in any case.