git-ecosystem / git-ecosystem/git-credential-manager
account filtering filters out my account, requiring re-authentication for every action
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- C#
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Description
Version
2.5.0.0
Operating system
Windows
OS version or distribution
Windows 11 Pro (x64)
Git hosting provider(s)
Other - please describe below
Other hosting provider
GitHub Enterprise Cloud
(Azure DevOps only) What format is your remote URL?
None
Can you access the remote repository directly in the browser?
Yes, I can access the repository
Expected behavior
After executing git fetch in the command line, I expect git fetch to work normally.
Actual behavior
After executing git fetch in the command line, the authentication dialog box shows up every time. If I authenticate using "browser", git fetch succeeds, and then the next time I git fetch, the dialog box pops up again. The credential is visible through Windows Credential Manager, and I can confirm that the successful authentication causes it to be added. This only happened on upgrade to git for windows 2.45.2, from 2.41.0.
After executing git config --global credential.githubAccountFiltering false in the command line, git fetch works as expected.
After executing git config --global credential.githubAccountFiltering true in the command line, the authentication dialog plague returns.
Just to confirm, the remote is on GitHub Enterprise Cloud.
Logs
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reproducing git fetch on Windows 11 with Git for Windows 2.45.2 and credential.githubAccountFiltering enabled, then compare the attached failure with logging.txt and filtering-disabled.txt logs. Done means a successful browser authentication is reused on the next fetch against GitHub Enterprise Cloud without another authentication dialog.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- csharp, git, github
- Domain
- authentication
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100