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description: "Authenticate gt and git with Gitea"
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# gt auth

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Authenticate gt and git with Gitea

## Synopsis

```text
Authenticate gt and git with Gitea.

gt keeps the accounts of each instance in hosts.yml and their tokens in the system
keyring, or in a private file when you choose so. One account per instance is active;
--user or GITEA_CLI_USER selects another for a single command. GITEA_TOKEN, together with
GITEA_CLI_HOST or GITEA_INSTANCE_URL, replaces the stored credentials of its instance for the
active account too; it must belong to the account that --user or GITEA_CLI_USER names. See
gt help environment for how commands select the instance.
```

```
gt auth [flags]
```

## Options

```
  -h, --help   help for auth
```

## Options inherited from parent commands

```
      --cwd directory       Working directory for repository discovery
      --debug               Log the method, URL, status, and duration of each HTTP request to stderr
      --host URL            Gitea instance URL, including any base path
      --interactive         Allow prompts with machine output
  -q, --jq expression       Filter JSON output using a jq expression; implies --json
      --json fields[="*"]   Output JSON with the specified comma-separated fields, or all fields
      --no-input            Disable prompts and implicit editor/browser interactions
      --remote remote       Git remote used for repository discovery
  -R, --repo OWNER/REPO     Select a repository as OWNER/REPO or URL
      --sudo user           Perform API requests as this user (requires an administrator account)
      --user name           Account name on the selected instance
  -y, --yes                 Accept confirmations without prompting
```

## SEE ALSO

* [gt](../index.md): Work with Gitea from your terminal
* [gt auth login](../auth/login.md): Log in to a Gitea instance
* [gt auth logout](../auth/logout.md): Log out of an account
* [gt auth refresh](../auth/refresh.md): Refresh an OAuth token
* [gt auth setup-git](../auth/setup-git.md): Configure git to use gt for credentials
* [gt auth status](../auth/status.md): Show the accounts gt can use
* [gt auth switch](../auth/switch.md): Switch the active account of an instance
* [gt auth token](../auth/token.md): Print the access token of an account