---
title: "nctl login git"
diataxis: reference
applies_to:
  product: "nctl"
audience: ["developer","platform-engineer"]
last_updated: 2026-03-07
url: https://docs.nirmata.io/docs/nctl/commands/nctl_login_git/
---

## nctl login git

Sign in to your git provider

```bash
nctl login git [flags]
```

### Examples

```bash

  # Login to Git provider (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket) using a token
  nctl login git --provider github --username myuser --token ghp_xxx

  # Login to GitLab with a custom domain and authentication token
  nctl login git --provider gitlab --domain gitlab.example.com --username myuser --token glpat_xxx

  # Login to Bitbucket using a username and token
  nctl login git --provider bitbucket --username myuser --token bitbucket_xxx

  # Login to a self-hosted GitLab instance with a domain
  nctl login git --provider gitlab --domain gitlab.mycompany.com

  # Login interactively to Git (prompt for username and token)
  nctl login git --provider github

```

### Options

```text
      --domain string     custom domain for the VCS
  -h, --help              help for git
      --provider string   git provider (defaults to github) (default "github")
      --token string      git authentication token
      --username string   user id (email)
```text

### Options inherited from parent commands

```text
  -v, --v Level   number for the log level verbosity
```

### SEE ALSO

* [nctl login](nctl_login.md)	 - Provide authentication details to login