From 148a90a3614b0a166bc3863b5eb6c3898828fefa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Marcin=20Zaj=C4=85czkowski?=
 <148013+szpak@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 2 May 2021 14:47:36 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Recommend using user token instead of regular credentials
 (#86)

* Recommend using API key instead of regular password

With a link to my old blog post explaining how to generate it.

* Stronger recommend using API username/key as credentials

* Rephrase: API key -> user token
---
 README.md | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ebe5f5fc..d3a551e9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -51,16 +51,16 @@ nexusPublishing {
 ```
 (if unsure check the server address in a corresponding ticket for your project in Sonatype's Jira)
 
-In addition, for both groups of users, you need to set the `sonatypeUsername` and `sonatypePassword` project properties, e.g. in `~/.gradle/gradle.properties` or via the `ORG_GRADLE_PROJECT_sonatypeUsername` and `ORG_GRADLE_PROJECT_sonatypePassword` environment variables.
+In addition, for both groups of users, you need to set your Nexus credentials. To increase security, it is advised to use the [user token's username and password pair](https://blog.solidsoft.pl/2015/09/08/deploy-to-maven-central-using-api-key-aka-auth-token/) (instead of regular username and password). Those values should be set as the `sonatypeUsername` and `sonatypePassword` project properties, e.g. in `~/.gradle/gradle.properties` or via the `ORG_GRADLE_PROJECT_sonatypeUsername` and `ORG_GRADLE_PROJECT_sonatypePassword` environment variables.
 
-Alternatively, you can configure username and password in the `sonatype` block:
+Alternatively, you can configure credentials in the `sonatype` block:
 
 ```gradle
 nexusPublishing {
     repositories {
         sonatype {
-            username = "your-username"
-            password = "your-password"
+            username = "your-user-token-username"
+            password = "your-user-token-password"
         }
     }
 }