On my Mac, `gh auth` (GitHub CLI) works really well: It logs me in globally (as if I had used ssh-add). Same on Windows?
Background: I’m exploring how to explain GitHub to beginners. For myself, I use ssh-add, but for beginners gh auth seems simpler.
Axel Rauschmayer
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2025-09-15 09:59:40 UTC
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