Since logging in using password is just uncool. Also, two-factor auth isn't supported when logging in with HTTP auth. Possible things to do: - [Personal access tokens](https://help.github.com/articles/creating-an-access-token-for-command-line-use) - Real OAuth flow, e. g. via [hello.js](http://adodson.com/hello.js/) (a bit harder, but friendlier)