mise/Config/Setting/github.credential_command

• github.credential_command mise setting

  • Type: string (optional)
  • Scope: global config only (~/.config/mise/config.toml). A project mise.toml cannot set it.
  • A shell command that prints a GitHub token on stdout. mise uses the token for its own GitHub API calls.
  • The command receives MISE_CREDENTIAL_HOST and MISE_CREDENTIAL_PROVIDER. It runs once per host per mise command, with mise's shims removed from PATH.

  • Example for a gh login kept in the macOS Keychain

    • toml

      [settings.github]
      credential_command = 'gh auth token --hostname "$MISE_CREDENTIAL_HOST"'

    • mise token github shows which source mise picked, with the token masked.

  • Reach

    • The token goes to mise. mise does not export it to the programs it runs, so a tool such as rulesync needs its own GITHUB_TOKEN. See rulesync/Explanation/Rulesync authenticates to GitHub with GITHUB_TOKEN.
  • Sibling settings: gitlab.credential_command, forgejo.credential_command.