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Unable to authenticate due to existing API_Endpoint environment variable

See original GitHub issue

Description

GitHub Desktop is unable to authenticate with GitHub.com because it uses an environment variable called API_Endpoint to override the API address and our application uses an environment variable called - you guessed it - API_Endpoint for its own nefarious ends. See https://github.com/desktop/desktop/issues/794

I think the lesson for all of us is to prefix our environment variable names to make them more specific!

Version

GitHub Desktop: 1.2.6
Operating system: Windows 10

Issue Analytics

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

Top GitHub Comments

2reactions

j-f1commented, Jul 10, 2018

The app should probably only be checking for this environment variable in development mode, although it would make sense to namespace it, perhaps GITHUB_DESKTOP_DOTCOM_API_ENDPONT?

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meaghanlewiscommented, Jul 24, 2018

Okay, got it. Thank you!

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