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Cloning fails due to authentication error

See original GitHub issue

I get errors on all my repos, even the public ones when running

all-repos-clone --config-filename all-repos.json --jobs 1

My config is

{
    "output_dir": "output",
    "source": "all_repos.source.github",
    "source_settings":  {
        "api_key": "hexadecimal-stuff-from-github-settings-page",
        "username": "CodingSpiderFox"
    },
    "include": "",
    "exclude": "^(gecko-dev)$",
    "push": "all_repos.push.github_pull_request",
    "push_settings": {
        "api_key": "hexadecimal-stuff-from-github-settings-page",
        "username": "CodingSpiderFox"
    }
}

Example error output is:

Initializing CodingSpiderFox/maintenance-tools
Initialized empty Git repository in /home/user/gitrepos/output/CodingSpiderFox/maintenance-tools/.git/
git@github.com: Permission denied (publickey).
fatal: Could not read from remote repository.

Please make sure you have the correct access rights
and the repository exists.
Error fetching output/CodingSpiderFox/acx100-acx-mac80211
git@github.com: Permission denied (publickey).
fatal: Could not read from remote repository.

Please make sure you have the correct access rights
and the repository exists.
Error fetching output/CodingSpiderFox/ardour-sessionparser
Warning: Permanently added the RSA host key for IP address '140.82.118.3' to the list of known hosts.
git@github.com: Permission denied (publickey).
fatal: Could not read from remote repository.

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CodingSpiderFoxcommented, Dec 20, 2019

Thanks for the advice 😃

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domporteracommented, Apr 8, 2022

Fixed!

I fixed it, very dumb move on my end and totally irrelevant for you so sorry to bother! But in case anyone else is new to SSH for the sake of this amazing tool, here was the issue:

I didn’t save my SSH keys to the default directory (~/.ssh) with the default names (id_rsa & id_rsa.pub). I didn’t see any warnings regarding this in the set-up instructions I was following, but it turns out it’s critical for authentication to persist between ssh-agent processes.

Thank you for making this by the way, it’s a total life saver and an absolute public good. and I appreciate your patience!