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Can't use release for private repository

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Hi!

I have used release before and it works perfectly fine for public repositories. But for private repositories I always face the following.

❯ release patch
✔ Bumped version tag to 2.0.1
✔ Created release commit
✔ Tagged commit
✔ Pushed everything to remote
Error! Could not determine GitHub repository.

Here’s what the package.json looks like.

{
  "name": "joveo-tars",
  "version": "2.0.1",
  "description": "Setup for pristine Joveo Machines",
  "main": "main.js",
  "repository": "git@github.com:joveo/tars.git",
  "scripts": {
    "start": "node main.js",
    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
  },
  "private": true,
  "author": "Praveen Puglia",
  "license": "MIT",
  "dependencies": {
    "chalk": "^1.1.3",
    "cli-spinner": "^0.2.6",
    "download": "^5.0.3",
    "inquirer": "^3.0.6",
    "jsonfile": "^2.4.0",
    "prettyjson": "^1.2.1",
    "shelljs": "^0.7.7"
  }
}

I am not sure why this error comes up - Error! Could not determine GitHub repository. Does release need some Auth token from github in order to work for private repos?

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Created 5 years ago
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whollacsekcommented, Nov 28, 2018

I randomly found out the solution just last week. In my case I migrated my repo into an org, which means the release app is missing permissions from the org. This link might work for you https://github.com/settings/connections/applications/08bd4d4e3725ce1c0465

https://github.com/zeit/release/issues/131

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praveenpugliacommented, Oct 26, 2018

@joaolavoier-luizalabs nope. It still doesn’t work for private repositories. I don’t know if release needs a special github token to work with private repositories. Haven’t got any help from any team member here too. So no idea.

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