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Small fix in Pkg doc #11631

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5 changes: 3 additions & 2 deletions doc/manual/packages.rst
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Expand Up @@ -717,7 +717,8 @@ This creates a commit in the ``~/.julia/v0.4/METADATA`` repo::
This commit is only locally visible, however. In order to make it visible to
the world, you need to merge your local ``METADATA`` upstream into the official
repo. The :func:`Pkg.publish` command will fork the ``METADATA`` repository on
GitHub, push your changes to your fork, and open a pull request::
GitHub, push your changes to your fork, and open a pull request (the
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It asks me every time for my password..

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I see. I only did this once so far and assumed that it only does it once if ssh-agent is set up. If there is a way to avoid it, then we should include it here.

first time this is run, it will ask you for your GitHub password)::

julia> Pkg.publish()
INFO: Validating METADATA
Expand All @@ -738,7 +739,7 @@ GitHub, push your changes to your fork, and open a pull request::
then you may have encountered an issue from using the GitHub API on
multiple systems. The solution is to delete the "Julia Package Manager"
personal access token `from your Github account
<https://github.com/settings/applications>`_ and try again.
<https://github.com/settings/tokens>`_ and try again.

Other failures may require you to circumvent :func:`Pkg.publish` by
`creating a pull request on GitHub
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