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Merge pull request #303 from Umofomia/patch-1

README update: Use umask when creating token file

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@@ -106,11 +106,13 @@ token file by pasting a GitHub token with only the `gist` permission into a
`106`	`106`	file called `~/.gist`. You can create one from https://github.com/settings/tokens
`107`	`107`
`108`	`108`	`This file should contain only the token (~40 hex characters), and to make it`
`109`		`-easier to edit, can optionally have a final newline (\n or \r\n).`
	`109`	+easier to edit, can optionally have a final newline (`\n` or `\r\n`).
`110`	`110`
`111`	`111`	`For example, one way to create this file would be to run:`
`112`	`112`
`113`		`- echo MY_SECRET_TOKEN > ~/.gist`
	`113`	`+ (umask 0077 && echo MY_SECRET_TOKEN > ~/.gist)`
	`114`	`+`
	`115`	+The `umask` ensures that the file is only accessible from your user account.
`114`	`116`
`115`	`117`	`### GitHub Enterprise`
`116`	`118`

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