GitHub Desktop stores password as plain text and can show it to the user

Description

GitHub Desktop may boot and immediately show an error like line 1: keyword expected; got **password**.

Version

GitHub Desktop version: 1.0.1

OS version: 10.12.6

Steps to Reproduce

Not reproducible; but happening consistently during startup on one client; also after updating the app.

Expected behavior: Client works as expected

Actual behavior: Client works as expected, but prints an error message on startup including the user’s password in plain text.

Reproduces how often: Every startup

Logs

Let me know if/how I can share logs discretely.

Additional Information

[shiftkey]

@BasThomas I’m going to close this out as I think we know the root cause - please feel free to comment (either here or over email) if there’s anything more to add.

[BasThomas]

I’ll check!

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