microsoft / microsoft/VFSForGit
Need a better error message for http vs https
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- C#
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Description
A user accidentally cloned their repo using "http" instead of "https" in the URL, and the experience was just a report that it couldn't query /gvfs/config:
Querying remote for config...Failed
Unable to query /gvfs/config
And the clone log complained about 401 errors and PAT regenerations and... nothing that led to the clue that it was just the wrong URL. Need to improve this UX by generating a better error message in this case.
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Research direction
No source file or test is named. Start by tracing the /gvfs/config query and clone error handling for authentication failures caused by an http remote URL. Done means this case produces an explanatory message that points to using https instead of only reporting the failed query and 401 errors.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- csharp, git
- Domain
- devtools
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100