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GitClone tasks and GitHub tokens [message #1850579]

Tue, 08 March 2022 21:36

Ernesto Posse

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Registered: March 2011

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I'm creating a setup model that clones some github repositories but I'm having trouble dealing with GitHub's personal access tokens (PAT).

My first approach was to use the defaults when I create a GitClone with an InducedChoices element that specifies inherit -> github.remoteURIs and target -> remoteURI, but when I run it it fails cloning it.

So my second approach was to remove the InducedChoices and replace the RemoteURI of the GitClone task with

https://${github.user.id|username}:${github.token}@github.com/myorg/myrepo.git

where I added a variable ${github.token} of type PASSWORD.

But when I run this it also fails, and in particular I see that it seems to be replacing the ${github.token} variable with the encrypted password.

So, how can you create a GitClone task that works with PATs?

I haven't found any documentation about it.

Thanks.

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Re: GitClone tasks and GitHub tokens [message #1850588 is a reply to message #1850579]

Wed, 09 March 2022 08:55

Ed Merks

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Why not avoid the whole mess and use an ssh key? I would expect EGit to prompt for your "password" though actually only your personal access token will work for that purpose in response to the prompt. Have you tried to figure out what actually works manually?

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Re: GitClone tasks and GitHub tokens [message #1850602 is a reply to message #1850588]

Wed, 09 March 2022 16:32

Ernesto Posse

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Registered: March 2011

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Hi,

Well, I'm not entirely sure what works manually, but I tried again the original tasks with the induced choices without the github.token variable and strangely this time it worked. And weirdly, EGit didn't ask me for the password. I assume I had previously entered it and it was stored in the secure storage. I'm not sure why it failed before. I think I may have chosen the wrong protocol for the git repo in the Oomph wizard (git instead of https). Or maybe the wind was blowing in a different direction. Unfortunately I deleted the installations and its setup log so I don't know for sure. But alas, seems to be working now.

By the way, is there any documentation about the different "built-in" tasks other than their javadoc API? I thought I once saw some documentation like that somewhere but I cannot find it.

Thanks

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