From the source
Starting today, the Git command-line tools of all Repls provide a much better experience and integrate with your GitHub account.
If you connect your GitHub account to Replit from the Account page , your Git commands (like git clone , git fetch , git push ) will have access to your GitHub repositories You're now able compose Git commit messages in the editor: Or, even do interactive rebases: For security, the first time each session that Git needs your GitHub token, you'll see this message: Then subsequent requests will run seamlessly.
Please note, this feature is not designed for Multiplayer, and we do not recommend you use it with Multiplayer because the other people could access your GitHub token.
Please let us know what you think of Git in the Shell on the Replit Ask forum and read on if you are interested in how we built it.
How we built it Let's start by explaining how the Git editor integration works.
In the backend, we've set the GIT_EDITOR environment variable for you, so that when you run a Git command that needs an editor it knows to use the Workspace editor.
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