GitPanda v3.1.1 Install
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Sign in through your browser or with an API key, connect several companies, and sign out or revoke access.

gitpanda login

It works like gh auth login:

  1. The terminal shows a one-time code, like W C Z X - T S F D.
  2. Press Enter. OkayPanda opens in your browser at okaypanda.com/app/device. Sign in there if you need to.
  3. Check the code in the browser matches your terminal. If it doesn't, click Cancel: someone else's terminal is asking.
  4. Tick the companies you want to use from this terminal. You can pick several.
  5. Choose what it can do:
Choice What it allows
Read and work (recommended) Clone, pull, history, push documents, ask rooms, start goals, write code.
Read only Clone, pull and history. Nothing that changes your company.
Also approve work Decide approvals and turn on auto mode from the terminal. Only for owners and admins.
  1. Click Approve. Back in the terminal, it finishes signing in and lists your repositories:
  ✓ Signed in as you@company.com

    🐼  acme                 Acme          https://okaypanda.com/git/acme
    🐼  acme-labs            Acme Labs     https://okaypanda.com/git/acme-labs

  → Next: gitpanda clone acme  get your company

The code is valid for 15 minutes and works once. If it expires, run gitpanda login again.

If the browser doesn't open#

Copy the address the terminal prints into any browser, on any device. You can even approve from your phone: go to okaypanda.com/app/device and type the code.

Adding more companies#

Run gitpanda login again and tick the new ones. Companies you already connected stay connected.

With an API key#

Use a key for scripts, CI and servers, where there's no browser.

  1. In OkayPanda, open GitPanda → ⌨ Command line → Use an API key instead.
  2. Give it a name, pick its scopes (Read, Work, Approve), and click Make a key.
  3. Copy it. It starts with opk_ and is shown once.

Then save it:

gitpanda login --key        # paste it when asked (it isn't echoed)

or use it without saving anything, for one command or a whole job:

GITPANDA_KEY=opk_… gitpanda clone acme

A key belongs to one company. For several companies, make one key each, or use browser sign-in.

Scopes#

Every key, whether from the browser or made by hand, has scopes:

Scope Lets the terminal
read Read the repository, history, goals, rooms and approvals. Always included.
work Push documents, ask rooms, start and message goals, ask for code.
approve Decide approvals and use --auto. Owners and admins only.

Your role in the company still applies: a key never does more than you could in the app, and your role is checked again on every request. If you're a viewer, a key can only read.

Who am I?#

gitpanda whoami     # the account, company, role and scopes in use here
gitpanda repos      # every company you're signed in to
gitpanda info       # inside a clone: which account it uses

Inside a clone, gitpanda uses that clone's company. Outside a clone, it uses your default, which you set with gitpanda use <repo>.

Signing out#

gitpanda logout acme     # forget one company on this computer
gitpanda logout          # forget all of them

This removes the keys from this computer only. To stop a key everywhere, revoke it in OkayPanda: GitPanda → ⌨ Command line → Signed-in terminals and keys → Revoke. Each terminal that signed in through the browser is listed as "gitpanda on ". Revoking takes effect immediately.

Other servers#

To sign in to another OkayPanda server (for example, staging):

gitpanda login --host https://staging.okaypanda.pages.dev

or set GITPANDA_HOST for a single command.