PyCharm and github

Background

First time setup with github (I've had the account forever, maybe did one thing in it for Minetest. Now that I'm in a class in programming (Python) and working between home and school, it's probably a good idea to get this working. For the class we are using PyCharm and I've made a quick list of getting things set up.

Setup

GitHub

• Have GitHub account

Git

• Download Git
  • * https://git-scm.com/download/win
• Install C:\Program Files\Git
• Accept defaults (usually)

PyCharm

• PyCharm->Settings-Git->"C:\Program Files\Git\cmd\git.exe"
• Open PyCharm
• Open from Repository
• Get link from GitHub

Commit

• Right click the file to commit->git->commit

Revoking Access

• Status: Untested
• TL\DR: Delete the applicable session token from https://github.com/settings/tokens to remove the classroom PyCharm access at the end of class.
• Request: If you have other git\github\repo questions, please start a new discussion (easier to track and have conversations about the specifics)
• Disclaimer: This is new to me, figuring it out as I go.

Background

While I was getting my github linked to the classroom computer, I noted that 1) I explicitly left my password out of the PyCharm settings and 2) I was challenged by a GitHub web-panel to auth when I attempted to access my private repo.  What I expected was that after closing PyCharm, I'd have to re-auth to use GitHub (why would I want to leave the shared PC linked to my GitHub instance?) and what I received however was a persistent connected session (even after reboot).I poked around PyCharm yesterday at the end of class to no avail and then it occurred to me  this morning that the web-panel challenge was the key.  I went looking around GitHub.  Here is what I found:

Steps

• Log into the online GitHub account
• Go to GitHub's Settings->Developer Settings->Personal Access Tokens
  • https://github.com/settings/tokens
• Find the token entry that is associated with the classroom computer
  • Classroom PC naming convention is STUDENPC-XX
  • git: https://github.com/ on STUDENTPC-23 at 31-Jan-2020 11:05
• Delete the session token
  • Any applications or scripts using this token will no longer be able to access the GitHub API. You cannot undo this action
  • The classroom PyCharm should no longer have access and if used, should also ask for a re-auth the next time you try to invoke accessing the repo from class.  

Testing

New Projects

From GitHub Down

• Start a project shell in GitHub
• Grab the link from GitHub
• Sync PyCharm
• Setup files locally and commit

From PC Up

• From the main menu, choose VCS | Import into Version Control | Create Git Repository.
  • Reference: https://www.jetbrains.com/help/pycharm/set-up-a-git-repository.html