oxidecomputer / oxidecomputer/helios

helios-build should force cargo to use git CLI

Open
#39 0 comments 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

Nobody has claimed this yet.

Dominant language
Rust
Stars
481
Forks
21
Avg merge
1d 17h
Merged PRs (30d)
2

Description

When building private repositories that require SSH access, we need to pass CARGO_NET_GIT_FETCH_WITH_CLI=true in the environment so that cargo will use the real git CLI rather than an internal library for cloning, which will use keys from the SSH agent or other URL transforms required for private access to GitHub.

Contributor guide

No contributing guide indexed for this repository

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start in the helios-build build entry point and inspect how cargo is invoked and how its environment is configured. Set the requested Cargo environment behavior there, then verify that builds of private repositories use the git CLI for fetching.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
build-system
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Clearly specified
Newbie friendliness
55/100

Get new issues in your inbox

A short digest of beginner-friendly GitHub issues.