diff --git a/pkg/cmd/auth/login/login.go b/pkg/cmd/auth/login/login.go index c8011e597..347fcdb6a 100644 --- a/pkg/cmd/auth/login/login.go +++ b/pkg/cmd/auth/login/login.go @@ -69,9 +69,9 @@ func NewCmdLogin(f *cmdutil.Factory, runF func(*LoginOptions) error) *cobra.Comm stored location. Alternatively, use %[1]s--with-token%[1]s to pass in a personal access token (classic) on standard input. - The minimum required scopes for the token are: %[1]srepo%[1]s, %[1]sread:org%[1]s, and %[1]sgist%[1]s. Although - it is possible to pass a fine-grained personal access token to %[1]s--with-token%[1]s, it should be done with - care, as the inherent scoping to certain resources may cause confusing behaviour when interacting with other + The minimum required scopes for the token are: %[1]srepo%[1]s, %[1]sread:org%[1]s, and %[1]sgist%[1]s. + Take care when passing a fine-grained personal access token to %[1]s--with-token%[1]s + as the inherent scoping to certain resources may cause confusing behaviour when interacting with other resources. Favour setting %[1]sGH_TOKEN$%[1]s for fine-grained personal access token usage. Alternatively, gh will use the authentication token found in environment variables.