How to use the "github_auth" feature?

[chunjiw]

I noticed in the Change log that I can set GITHUB_TOKEN environment variable. Is it true that after setting this env we can directly git clone a private repo? Because when I tried it, vscode still asks me to login to GitHub, either through device auth or username/password.

What is the correct way to use github_auth? Thank you!

[jsjoeio]

Interesting 🤔 I just helped someone else with this. After setting your GITHUB_TOKEN, you source'd your shell, ensured it was set and then tried again?

Did you try restarting code-server?

It should just work. This is what our e2e test does to check if it's working: https://github.com/coder/code-server/blob/main/test/e2e/github.test.ts#L5-L17

[chunjiw]

Thank you for your reply! Didn't get a chance to dig more into it this week, will get back to it asap this weekend :)

[chunjiw]

I tried newest version 4.6.1 and it still didn't work. I set PASSWORD successfully.. but git still asks for auth. Using git ssh leads to "permission denied".

I confirmed that the env is set correctly since I can echo both PASSWORD and GITHUB_TOKEN... I'm quite confused, I must have done something wrong that I don't know of.

[jsjoeio]

interesting! thanks for trying that. @code-asher any ideas?

[code-asher]

How are you doing the git clone? Are you using the Git: Clone command, through the UI, or on the command line? code-server reads the environment variable but I do not think git does so running git on the command line is unaffected. In that case you would need to set up git to use the token.

[chunjiw]

I see! I'm not using the UI, just git clone in the terminal. You explained very well, thank you! Gonna try the UI Git: Clone command.

[chunjiw]

Some more details: I'm using Kubernetes to deploy code-server in a pod like so:

      containers:
        - name: backend
          image: ghcr.io/myname/myrepo:main
          imagePullPolicy: Always
          command: ["/bin/bash"]
          args:
            - -c
            - |
              echo "password is $PASSWORD and git token is $GITHUB_TOKEN";
              code-server --install-extension golang.go;
              code-server --disable-telemetry --disable-update-check --bind-addr 0.0.0.0:8002
          env:
            - name: PASSWORD
              value: {{.Values.backend_access_password}}
            - name: GITHUB_TOKEN
              value: {{.Values.github_token}}