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The error message indicates that you are trying to authenticate to GitHub using a password, but GitHub removed support for password authentication on August 13, 2021. To fix this error, you need to generate a personal access token (PAT) and use that to authenticate to GitHub instead.

To generate a PAT:

  1. Log in to your GitHub account.
  2. Click your profile photo in the top right corner of the page, and then click Settings.
  3. In the left sidebar, click Developer settings.
  4. In the left sidebar, click Personal access tokens.
  5. Click Generate new token.
  6. Give your token a descriptive name.
  7. Select the scopes that you need for your token. For cloning repositories, you need to select the repo scope.
  8. Click Generate token.

Once you have generated a PAT, you can use it to authenticate to GitHub by setting the GIT_TOKEN environment variable to your PAT. For example, on Linux or macOS, you would run the following command:

export GIT_TOKEN=YOUR_PAT

Once you have set the GIT_TOKEN environment variable, you can clone your repository using the following command:

git clone https://github.com/user/sc-app.git

You should now be able to clone your repository without any errors.

Here are some additional tips for using PATs:

  • PATs should be treated as secrets and stored securely.
  • You should only generate PATs for the scopes that you need.
  • You should review your PATs regularly and revoke any PATs that you are no longer using.

I hope this helps!

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