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    Value: vscode-insidersvscode.github-authentication
    Key: xdg:schema
    Value: org.freedesktop.Secret.Generic
    ```

    To fetch secrets, you can use `secret-tool`:

    ```
    sudo apt install libsecret-tools
    secret search
    ```
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    ## Dealing with secrets

    GNOME comes with libsecret. You can use libsecret to [store your git credentials](https://askubuntu.com/questions/773455/what-is-the-correct-way-to-use-git-with-gnome-keyring-and-https-repos):

    ```sh
    sudo apt install libsecret-1-0 libsecret-1-dev libglib2.0-dev
    sudo make --directory=/usr/share/doc/git/contrib/credential/libsecret
    git config --global credential.helper /usr/share/doc/git/contrib/credential/libsecret/git-credential-libsecret
    ```

    Then, create a personal access token on github/gitlab. Remember that the username does not matter when using a PAT: you can just use `foo` as username.

    To list the secrets stored, you can use `lssecret`:

    ```sh
    git clone https://github.com/gileshuang/lssecret /tmp/lssecret
    cd /tmp/lssecret
    make && DESTDIR=/usr/local sudo make install
    ```

    ```
    % lssecret
    Collection: Login
    Collection:
    Collection: Default
    Item: Git: https://gitlab.com
    Key: protocol
    Value: https
    Key: user
    Value: foo
    Key: server
    Value: gitlab.com
    Key: xdg:schema
    Value: org.gnome.keyring.NetworkPassword
    Item: https://some.note.i.created
    Key: xdg:schema
    Value: org.gnome.keyring.Note
    Item: github-pat
    Key: xdg:schema
    Value: org.gnome.keyring.Note
    Item: vscode-insidersvscode.github-authentication/github.auth
    Key: account
    Value: github.auth
    Key: service
    Value: vscode-insidersvscode.github-authentication
    Key: xdg:schema
    Value: org.freedesktop.Secret.Generic
    ```