Generate token

1. In GitHub profile, click on settings in dropdown in upper right (click on your picture/avatar)
2. Click on developer settings
3. Click on personal access tokens

4. Generate token with the following options checked:

5. Copy the resulting token which is a long string of characters

6. Go to Terminal:
7. Type: nano ~/.token
8. Paste the token
9. Save and exit: control O, enter, control X