git operations don't use credentials helper

[ns-skaranth]

Version

2.3.2

Operating system

macOS

OS version or distribution

Ventura 13.6

Git hosting provider(s)

GitHub

Other hosting provider

No response

(Azure DevOps only) What format is your remote URL?

None

Can you access the remote repository directly in the browser?

Yes, I can access the repository

Expected behavior

When I attempt any git operations, the credentials manager should take care of authentication

Actual behavior

When I attempt any git operations, I am prompted for a password instead which fails subsequently:

$ git push
Password for 'https://sudo-suhas@github.com':
remote: Support for password authentication was removed on August 13, 2021.
remote: Please see https://docs.github.com/en/get-started/getting-started-with-git/about-remote-repositories#cloning-with-https-urls for information on currently recommended modes of authentication.
fatal: Authentication failed for 'https://github.com/matryer/moq.git/'

Logs

WSLENV=$WSLENV:GCM_TRACE:GIT_TRACE GCM_TRACE=1 GIT_TRACE=1 git fetch
21:20:53.637457 git.c:463               trace: built-in: git fetch
21:20:53.639222 run-command.c:659       trace: run_command: GIT_DIR=.git git remote-https origin https://sudo-suhas@github.com/matryer/moq
21:20:53.650214 git.c:749               trace: exec: git-remote-https origin https://sudo-suhas@github.com/matryer/moq
21:20:53.650424 run-command.c:659       trace: run_command: git-remote-https origin https://sudo-suhas@github.com/matryer/moq
21:20:54.360229 run-command.c:659       trace: run_command: git rev-list --objects --stdin --not --exclude-hidden=fetch --all --quiet --alternate-refs
21:20:54.386563 run-command.c:1524      run_processes_parallel: preparing to run up to 1 tasks
21:20:54.386603 run-command.c:1551      run_processes_parallel: done
21:20:54.386611 run-command.c:659       trace: run_command: git maintenance run --auto --no-quiet
21:20:54.402754 git.c:463               trace: built-in: git maintenance run --auto --no-quiet

$ git credential-manager diagnose
Running diagnostics...

 [ OK ] Environment
 [ OK ] File system
 [ OK ] Networking
 [ OK ] Git
 [ OK ] Credential storage
 [ OK ] Microsoft authentication (AAD/MSA)
 [ OK ] GitHub API

Diagnostic summary: 7 passed, 0 skipped, 0 failed.

[ldennington]

I believe this is because the repository you're fetching from is public. When this is the case, authentication is not required and Git correctly does not invoke GCM.

[ns-skaranth]

But I face the same issue during push as well:

:17:13.574750 git.c:463               trace: built-in: git push
21:17:13.575420 run-command.c:659       trace: run_command: GIT_DIR=.git git remote-https origin https://sudo-suhas@github.com/matryer/moq
21:17:13.585756 git.c:749               trace: exec: git-remote-https origin https://sudo-suhas@github.com/matryer/moq
21:17:13.585922 run-command.c:659       trace: run_command: git-remote-https origin https://sudo-suhas@github.com/matryer/moq
Password for 'https://sudo-suhas@github.com':

[ns-skaranth]

I am being prompted for password on the CLI that subsequently fails.

[dscho]

@ns-skaranth can you see any obvious problem in the output of git config --show-origin --get-all credential.helper? It is supposed to be a list; An empty value will tell Git to ignore all preceding values, see the documentation for more details.

[ns-skaranth]

This was the output:

$ git config --show-origin --get-all credential.helper
file:/Users/skaranth/.gitconfig	/usr/local/share/gcm-core/git-credential-manager
file:/Users/skaranth/.oss.gitconfig	/usr/local/share/gcm-core/git-credential-manager
file:.git/config

After I ran git config credential.helper /usr/local/share/gcm-core/git-credential-manager, git push picked up the correct credentials. Thank you @dscho