How to use git commands after enable gitlab’s second-factor authentication

Question

As explained in using gitlab token to clone without authentication, you can clone a GitLab repo using your Personal Access Token like this:

git clone https://oauth2:ACCESS_TOKEN@gitlab.com/yourself/yourproject.git

As for how to update your existing clones to use the GitLab Personal Access Token, you should edit your .git/config file in each local git directory, which will have an entry something like this:

[remote "origin"]
    url = https://yourself@gitlab.com/yourself/yourproject.git

Change the url:

[remote "origin"]
    url = https://oauth2:ACCESS_TOKEN@gitlab.com/yourself/yourproject.git

Now you can continue using this existing git clone as you did before you enabled 2FA.

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