Sign in from the desktop app
The desktop app signs in through the website. It opens the website in your browser; you sign in there with your email or a Git provider, and the browser opens GitTree again, signed in. If it does not, the page shows a one-time Authentication code to paste in the app.
Done on gittree.app with your GitTree account, the same one you sign in to the app with.
On this page
Before you start
- The GitTree app is installed, and you started signing in from it (sign-in in the app).
Where to find it
- The page the app opens in your browser.
Steps
Start in the app
When GitTree is not signed in, it shows Sign in to GitTree. Choose Sign in or Create account: your browser opens the GitTree website.
Sign in on the website
Sign in with your email or a Git provider if the site asks. A request the app opened needs nothing more. A request that reached you another way (a link on a web page) asks Continue as … first: continue only if you just started it from the app.
Return to the app
You’re signed in — return to GitTree: the browser opens the app; choose Open if it asks. If nothing happens, press Open GitTree, or copy the Authentication code into the app’s Manually enter authentication code field before it expires.
Expected result
The desktop app is signed in with your account.
If something goes wrong
“This sign-in request is not valid”
The link from the app is incomplete or was changed. Start signing in again from the app.
“This authentication code is invalid or has expired.”
Codes work once and expire after a few minutes. Press Get a new code on the page, or start signing in again from the app.
Questions
Will GitTree ever ask for this code by email or chat?
No. Enter it only in the GitTree app you started signing in from.