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Client pulling submodules with orig credentials

See original GitHub issue

Describe the bug

Client pulling submodules with orig credentials, resulting with failure.

Version & OS

macOS @ 2.4.0

Steps to reproduce the behavior

git clone forked repo with 3rd pty submodule

Expected behavior

The client issuing an attempt to clone submodule with orig credentials instead of user/config declared.

Issue Analytics

State:
Created 3 years ago
Reactions:1
Comments:12 (5 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

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stevewardcommented, Apr 6, 2020

@charlesrocket could you share the log file? That may better help me understand the issue.

To access the log files go to the file menu in GitHub Desktop and select Help > Show Logs in Finder (macOS) or Explorer (Windows).

The log files are created daily – please upload a log file as an attachment from a day where you experienced the issue.

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charlesrocketcommented, Apr 15, 2020

@steveward obviously 😃 simplicity is a reason desktop got these extra miles?

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