cannot change token to authenticate to custom Git server

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The problem

When setting up github desktop for the first time, I tried to clone an https repository that I self-host. Github desktop asked for the password, but I entered it incorrectly. When trying to clone it, even to another folder, it endlessly keeps hanging forever. I do not see anywhere an option to change the https access credentials.

Plus, the github desktop client itself just keeps ‘loading’ endlessly and does not provide feedback on why it is failing (e.g. in this case it would be https authentication)

I can confirm I can clone the repository from the normal git client thru https, with http authentication.

Release version

Version 2.9.6-linux1 (x64)

Operating system

Arch Linux 5.17.1-zen1-1-zen DWM

Steps to reproduce the behavior

1. Get a git remote url repo with an https link.
2. purposefully enter the ‘wrong’ credentials into the authentication prompt.
3. try cloning again, does it work ?
4. try changing the auth user/password.

Log files

edit: log files are indeed created, just not show in my file manager. the log file is in another comment

No log files are created by Github Desktop, even when clicking on Help -> Show logs

Screenshots

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Additional context

I understand that github implements the http transport without authentication when cloning repositories, making it unnecessary to provide access credentials. But it seems a little redundant to not provide these if I were to have an https server that does require them.

[fanninpm]

KWallet talked about support years ago but it never eventuated

There has been progress, but it has been slow.

[shiftkey]

Closing this out as I don’t think I have anything else to add about the credential store issue that’s the root cause here.