It is not clear that you can publish without configuring an ansible.cfg. The `--token` can be displayed with the `ansible-galaxy collection publish -h`
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The ``ansible-galaxy collection publish`` command triggers an import process, just as if you uploaded the collection through the Galaxy website. The command waits until the import process completes before reporting the status back. If you want to continue without waiting for the import result, use the ``--no-wait`` argument and manually look at the import progress in your `My Imports <https://galaxy.ansible.com/my-imports/>`_ page.
Alternately, you can publish to Galaxy without configuring the token in :file:`ansible.cfg`. Use the ``--token`` argument directly on the command line.