From 3a513b6646e37e1c40ed066956b66079261e1b2e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rodos <rodos@haywood.org>
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2025 09:55:13 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] docs: add stdin token example to README

Add example showing how to pipe a token from stdin using
file:///dev/stdin to avoid storing tokens in environment
variables or command history.

Closes #187
---
 README.rst | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 9fd35fd..55e21c8 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -359,6 +359,9 @@ Debug an error/block or incomplete backup into a temporary directory. Omit "incr
 
     github-backup -f $FINE_ACCESS_TOKEN -o /tmp/github-backup/ -l debug -P --all-starred --starred --watched --followers --following --issues --issue-comments --issue-events --pulls --pull-comments --pull-commits --labels --milestones --repositories --wikis --releases --assets --pull-details --gists --starred-gists $GH_USER
 
+Pipe a token from stdin to avoid storing it in environment variables or command history (Unix-like systems only)::
+
+    my-secret-manager get github-token | github-backup user -t file:///dev/stdin -o /backup --repositories
 
 
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