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Can't authenticate with GitHub MFA enabled

#1

Hi,

I have MFA enabled on my GitHub account and SublimeMerge does not prompt me for my authorization code.

SublimeMerge prompts me for my GitHub credentials and show an authentication failed message instead of asking for the second authentication factor.

Anyone else having this issue?

Thanks

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#2

Would you mind providing some more details in a bug report at https://github.com/sublimehq/sublime_merge/issues/new/choose?

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#3

Thanks

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#4

I had the same problem recently. I was able to pull from GitHub with no problems and suddenly Merge is asking me for credentials. When I enter the right ones I get an “Invalid username or password” error. Then I disabled 2FA in GitHub and everything worked properly. Afterwards I enabled 2FA again and the problem reappeared in Merge.

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#5

I’ve been trying to get this to work with Merge and no luck. I’m really hesitant to turn off MFA because of company policy but since the application doesn’t seem to support MFA, not sure what to do at this point.

Marcos

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#6

I have the exact same issue. Is this a problem with Merge, me, or something else?

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#7

Hi @ShadowyPrecepts,

Try following the instructions: https://help.github.com/en/github/authenticating-to-github/accessing-github-using-two-factor-authentication#using-two-factor-authentication-with-the-command-line

As Sublime Merge uses Git itself, you must follow the same instructions for access via the command line (including setting up an access token).

Let me know how you go.

Thanks,
- Dylan

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