Github Desktop not asking for self-signed certificate password

Description

I have a git server with existing repositories on it and SSL verification with self-signed certificates. I can clone those repositories through git command line, but I’m unable to do the same from Github Desktop, as it gets stuck on an infinite loop cloning whatever repository I specify. I’ve been through all the issues related to this problem which I’ve been able to find searching, but none of them has helped me so far. Maybe there’s an issue saying password protected self-signed certificates are not yet supported, but I haven’t found anything related to it. If it is currently supported, it’s something strange that I can clone from cmd git but not from Github Desktop, isn’t it?

Version

• GitHub Desktop: 1.1.0
• Operating system: Windows 10

Steps to Reproduce

I don’t have steps to reproduce it. From cmd git I can use my server but not from Github Desktop.

Expected Behavior

From cmd git I can clone and manage all repositories without any kind of problem. I expected to do the same with Github Desktop.

Actual Behavior

Github Desktop gets stuck in an infinite loop saying it is cloning the desired repository, but nothing happens. It just creats the root folder for the git repository but does not download any repository files. It also does not prompt asking for user and password credentials as cmd git does.

Additional Information

This is my .gitconfig file (I’ve edited my personal information to publish this lines):

[credential]
	helper = manager
[user]
	name = My Name
	email = [e-mail]
[filter "lfs"]
	required = true
	clean = git-lfs clean -- %f
	smudge = git-lfs smudge -- %f
	process = git-lfs filter-process
[http]
	sslVerify = true
	sslBackend = openssl
	sslCAInfo = C:\\Certificates\\ca_chain.pem
	sslPath = C:\\Certificates\\
	sslCert = C:\\Certificates\\my.name.pem

Logs

2018-03-13T15:21:37.421Z - info: [ui] [AppStore] loading 0 repositories from store
2018-03-13T15:21:37.646Z - info: [ui] launching: 1.1.0 (Windows 10.0.16299)
2018-03-13T15:21:37.647Z - info: [ui] execPath: 'C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.1.0\GitHubDesktop.exe'
2018-03-13T15:22:06.378Z - warn: [ui] fetchRepository: 'my.name/OpenLDAP' returned a 404
2018-03-13T15:22:06.380Z - info: [ui] [AppStore.getAccountForRemoteURL] found generic credentials for 'git' and 'my.name'

[ghost]

Updating information on this issue as now I can use Github Desktop with a slight change in .gitconfig:

I have changed these lines in .gitconfig:

[http]
	sslVerify = true
	sslBackend = openssl
	sslCAInfo = C:\\Certificates\\ca_chain.pem
	sslPath = C:\\Certificates\\
	sslCert = C:\\Certificates\\my.name.pem

to these lines:

[http]
	sslVerify = true
	sslBackend = schannel

This just tells Git to use the Windows Certificate Store. After this change I’ve been able to clone, pull, push without any issues. Hope this helps anyone with the same or similar setup 😄

[billygriffin]

@asegursa Thanks so much for the issue and explaining your setup. We haven’t heard from very many others that supporting something like this would be useful and your configuration seems to be relatively rare. I’m going to remove the future-proposal label to indicate that we don’t intend to support this, but we’re always open to revisiting if we hear from others that support for custom certificates with passphrases would be more broadly beneficial. Thanks again!