Opening a gist repository gives a fetch error

[mcornella]

Issue Type: Bug

1. Clone a wiki (adding .wiki.git to a main repository URL) or gist repository
2. Open the cloned repository with VS Code with the extension enabled
3. See error: Fetching pull requests for remote 'origin' failed, please check if the url <URL> is valid.

Wiki repository:

Gist repository:

Extension version: 0.22.0
VS Code version: Code - Insiders 1.52.0-insider (bc13785d3dd99b4b0e9da9aed17bb79809a50804, 2020-12-07T14:46:48.305Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.20262
Remote OS version: Linux x64 4.19.128-microsoft-standard
Remote OS version: Linux x64 4.19.128-microsoft-standard
Remote OS version: Linux x64 4.19.128-microsoft-standard

System Info

Item	Value
CPUs	Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU M 520 @ 2.40GHz (4 x 2394)
GPU Status	2d_canvas: enabled flash_3d: enabled flash_stage3d: enabled flash_stage3d_baseline: enabled gpu_compositing: enabled multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on oop_rasterization: unavailable_off opengl: enabled_on protected_video_decode: enabled rasterization: unavailable_off skia_renderer: disabled_off_ok video_decode: enabled vulkan: disabled_off webgl: enabled webgl2: unavailable_off
Load (avg)	undefined
Memory (System)	7.92GB (1.69GB free)
Process Argv	--folder-uri=vscode-remote://wsl+Ubuntu/home/marc/code/refined-github --remote=wsl+Ubuntu --crash-reporter-id b50261c5-4e04-48dd-9f0a-6d441b513f94
Screen Reader	no
VM	0%

Item	Value
Remote	WSL: Ubuntu
OS	Linux x64 4.19.128-microsoft-standard
CPUs	Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU M 520 @ 2.40GHz (4 x 2393)
Memory (System)	3.80GB (1.30GB free)
VM	0%

Item	Value
Remote	WSL: Ubuntu
OS	Linux x64 4.19.128-microsoft-standard
CPUs	Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU M 520 @ 2.40GHz (4 x 2393)
Memory (System)	3.80GB (1.30GB free)
VM	0%

Item	Value
Remote	WSL: Ubuntu
OS	Linux x64 4.19.128-microsoft-standard
CPUs	Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU M 520 @ 2.40GHz (4 x 2393)
Memory (System)	3.80GB (1.30GB free)
VM	0%

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[ghost]

issue is still there... any tricks around it?

[bensherman]

Came to report this issue - maybe we can add an ignore on repos that end in .wiki?

[mcornella]

This doesn't happen to me anymore on 0.26.0, can you check if upgrading works?

[alexr00]

Should be fixed for wiki, but I haven't made any changes for gists.

[mcornella]

Yeah that's true, I hadn't checked on gists. I'll update the title.

[burkeholland]

OK! So this turned out to be harder than I thought. Gists can be cloned in two different ways so the remote might look different.

1. Clone via gist.github.com (i.e. https://gist.github.com/burkeholland/efcf2bc7fd9a3d84ecd9756f83f97551)
2. Clone via github.com (i.e. git@github.com:c8456e08df200c7fd718dac69bbfc5a0.git)

1 is easy enough to account for. 2 is a bit harder as I'm not sure if gist id's follow a certain pattern.

[mcornella]

2. Clone via github.com (i.e. git@github.com:c8456e08df200c7fd718dac69bbfc5a0.git)

In my example the SSH remote uses gist.github.com, and so it does when using the Clone via SSH button:

Meaning maybe the github.com clone works, but the default is using gist.github.com, so fixing that would be enough I think.

Also the example you posted does not contain a slash in the repository part of the remote URL, so maybe that can also be checked.

[alexr00]

Let's solve for the the simple case and take the incremental improvement. I agree that I don't see a clear solution for (2) above.

[burkeholland]

Does a match for gist[.]github[.]com. If you clone from github.com, YMMV.

[roblourens]

I don't get an error. Should I see this when I cloned a wiki or gist?

[alexr00]

What you're seeing is correct. We don't provide GitHub support when you open a wiki or gist, and I think most people don't expect there to be support for these.