# Install plugin from private Git repository?

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**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [March 8, 2019, 7:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-plugin-from-private-git-repository/111250 "2019-03-08T07:42:18Z")\
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Got it. So this is a private repo? Instead of username/password is there any support for access tokens?

e.g. for Github:

> **[Managing your personal access tokens - GitHub Docs](https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/keeping-your-account-and-data-secure/managing-your-personal-access-tokens)**
>
> You can use a personal access token in place of a password when authenticating to GitHub in the command line or with the API.

Then you can use that in your git clone command like:

```plaintext
git clone https://my-access-token-code@github.com/blah/blah

```

This avoids any prompt.

Not sure if that’s supported in your repository though.

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