The GitHub Container Auto Switcher is designed to ease the use of Firefox Containers with GitHub for privacy-conscious users. It is intended for those GitHub users who prefer to browse public repositories while being logged out to prevent GitHub from tracking their visits.
When accessing a private repository while logged out, GitHub returns a 404 Not Found error. The above said users then have to switch the current tab to a designated GitHub container manually or using an add-on such as Switch Container. This add-on automates this switching if it detects that the private repository is accessible to the logged-in user in the designated GitHub container.
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How To Use:Step 1: Enable
Firefox Containers and create a designated container for GitHub at Firefox Settings -> General
Step 2: Logout of GitHub
Step 3: Create a new tab in the designated container and login to GitHub in this container tab
Step 4: Find the add-on in the add-ons list and click on it. Select your designated Firefox container for GitHub.
Step 5: Create a GitHub Personal Access Token with "repo" scope. Ref:
GitHub's official documentation.
Step 6: Paste the obtained token (the one that is prefixed with
ghp_) in the add-on and click "SAVE".
Step 7: Test the add-on by attempting to browse to a private repository in a non-containerized tab. The add-on should detect the repository being private and should switch the current tab to the designated GitHub container.
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More information is available at
github.com/smilingjumbos/github_container_auto_switcher.
