Repo sync to GitHub fails because it asks for a username #1991

Lampe2020 commented 2025年06月20日 14:00:21 +02:00

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I have set up a Codeberg repo to push its changes on push to a GitHub repo. I auth'd that with an SSH key (because GitHub disabled password auth), but when I try to sync the Codeberg changes up to GitHub it seems to ask Codeberg for a username, which it cannot provide since it is no interactive terminal but only a script pushing the changes. I cannot provide a username along with the SSH auth, so I feel like I'm stuck.
Is there a way to provide it with a GitHub username? Or can I push to GitHub in another way without manually needing to do so from my local repo clone?
screenshot of the error message

(I hope this is the right place to ask, because the description also mentions "platform-related issues")

### Comment I have set up a Codeberg repo to push its changes on push to a GitHub repo. I auth'd that with an SSH key (because GitHub disabled password auth), but when I try to sync the Codeberg changes up to GitHub it seems to ask Codeberg for a username, which it cannot provide since it is no interactive terminal but only a script pushing the changes. I cannot provide a username along with the SSH auth, so I feel like I'm stuck. Is there a way to provide it with a GitHub username? Or can I push to GitHub in another way without manually needing to do so from my local repo clone?  (I hope this is the right place to ask, because the description also mentions "platform-related issues")

Gusted commented 2025年06月26日 14:54:36 +02:00

Hi, a few questions.

Did it work before? Or is this the first time trying to use push mirroring?
Could you verify that the public key that you obtain via "Copy public key" is added as a deploy key with write access on the target repository.

Hi, a few questions. Did it work before? Or is this the first time trying to use push mirroring? Could you verify that the public key that you obtain via "Copy public key" is added as a deploy key with write access on the target repository.

Lampe2020 commented 2025年06月27日 13:56:26 +02:00

@Gusted wrote in #1991 (comment):

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Did it work before? Or is this the first time trying to use push mirroring?

It did not work before as this is my first time even really using anything else than GitHub itself directly.

Could you verify that the public key that you obtain via "Copy public key" is added as a deploy key with write access on the target repository.

That might be part of the problem. I had added the key to my account as an SSH key, not to the repo as a deploy key.
I just deleted they key from my account and added it as a deploy key with write access to the GitHub repo, and tried to push the changes from Codeberg again, but it failed with the exact same error message. And yes, I checked that it actually tried to push the changes, the date and time match the point in time when I clicked the "Sync now" button.

@Gusted wrote in https://codeberg.org/Codeberg/Community/issues/1991#issuecomment-5610620: > [...] > Did it work before? Or is this the first time trying to use push mirroring? It did not work before as this is my first time even really using anything else than GitHub itself directly. > Could you verify that the public key that you obtain via "Copy public key" is added as a deploy key with write access on the target repository. That might be part of the problem. I had added the key to my account as an SSH key, not to the repo as a deploy key. I just deleted they key from my account and added it as a deploy key with write access to the GitHub repo, and tried to push the changes from Codeberg again, but it failed with the exact same error message. And yes, I checked that it actually tried to push the changes, the date and time match the point in time when I clicked the "Sync now" button.

Gusted commented 2025年06月27日 16:20:38 +02:00

It might be that the push mirror URL should be git@github.com/Lampe2020/L2KV.git instead, I don't think it transforms that automatically.

It might be that the push mirror URL should be `git@github.com/Lampe2020/L2KV.git` instead, I don't think it transforms that automatically.

Lampe2020 commented 2025年06月28日 19:07:46 +02:00

When I try that it complains that I must not import local repos.
When I prefix that URL with HTTPS it instead fails to push because it cannot read the password for https://sanitized-credential@github.com.

When I try that it complains that I must not import local repos. When I prefix that URL with HTTPS it instead fails to push because it cannot read the password for `https://sanitized-credential@github.com`.

Gusted commented 2025年06月28日 22:00:55 +02:00

Ah so sorry, it needs to be prefixed with ssh://: ssh://git@github.com/Lampe2020/L2KV.git should work.

Ah so sorry, it needs to be prefixed with `ssh://`: `ssh://git@github.com/Lampe2020/L2KV.git` should work.

Lampe2020 commented 2025年06月29日 03:01:08 +02:00

Yay, that fixed it! Thanks!
Thanks for being open to even my question that, knowing the answer, looks very dumb...
Of course it's SSH if I should use SSH auth, duh!

Yay, that fixed it! Thanks! Thanks for being open to even my question that, knowing the answer, looks very dumb... Of course it's SSH if I should use SSH auth, duh!