[R] devtools - bad credentials R4.4.1

[Jeff Newmiller]

My guess is that this is related to you saving an expired Personal Access Token in your global git options or credentials store? Git is perfectly capable of using per-repo credentials... don't configure a credential in your global configuration and it won't fall back on using it to access random new repositories.

On June 20, 2024 3:16:55 PM PDT, Robert Baer <rbaer using atsu.edu> wrote:
>I am trying to install a package from github which has worked fine in the past, but now seems to be stuck on some new authentication issues.  Does anyone know how I can straighten myself out?  In theory, this is a public repository so I'm not sure why I even need authenticating for installation.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Rob
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>The code:
>
>> devtools::install_github("DillonHammill/CytoExploreR")
>Using GitHub PAT from the git credential store.
>Error: Failed to install 'unknown package' from GitHub:
>  HTTP error 401.
>  Bad credentials
>
>  Rate limit remaining: 50/60
>  Rate limit reset at: 2024-06-20 22:19:33 UTC
>
>
>> Using GitHub PAT from the git credential store.
>Error: unexpected symbol in "Using GitHub"
>> Error: Failed to install 'unknown package' from GitHub:
>Error: unexpected symbol in "Error: Failed to"
>>   HTTP error 401.
>Error: unexpected symbol in "  HTTP error"
>>   Bad credentials
>Error: unexpected symbol in "  Bad credentials"
>>
>>   Rate limit remaining: 55/60
>Error: unexpected symbol in "  Rate limit"
>>   Rate limit reset at: 2024-06-20 21:12:27 UTC```
>Error: unexpected symbol in "  Rate limit"
>>
>> **Include any associated screenshots or images here:**
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>
>SESSIONINFO
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>> sessionInfo()
>R version 4.4.1 (2024-06-14 ucrt)
>Platform: x86_64-w64-mingw32/x64
>Running under: Windows 11 x64 (build 26120)
>
>Matrix products: default
>
>
>locale:
>[1] LC_COLLATE=English_United States.utf8
>[2] LC_CTYPE=English_United States.utf8
>[3] LC_MONETARY=English_United States.utf8
>[4] LC_NUMERIC=C
>[5] LC_TIME=English_United States.utf8
>
>time zone: America/Chicago
>tzcode source: internal
>
>attached base packages:
>[1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods base
>
>loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
> [1] vctrs_0.6.5       cli_3.6.2         rlang_1.1.4 stringi_1.8.4
> [5] purrr_1.0.2       pkgload_1.3.4     promises_1.3.0 shiny_1.8.1.1
> [9] xtable_1.8-4      glue_1.7.0        htmltools_0.5.8.1 httpuv_1.6.15
>[13] pkgbuild_1.4.4    ellipsis_0.3.2    fastmap_1.2.0 lifecycle_1.0.4
>[17] memoise_2.0.1     stringr_1.5.1     compiler_4.4.1 miniUI_0.1.1.1
>[21] sessioninfo_1.2.2 fs_1.6.4          htmlwidgets_1.6.4 Rcpp_1.0.12
>[25] urlchecker_1.0.1  later_1.3.2       digest_0.6.35 R6_2.5.1
>[29] curl_5.2.1        usethis_2.2.3     magrittr_2.0.3 tools_4.4.1
>[33] mime_0.12         devtools_2.4.5    profvis_0.3.8 remotes_2.5.0
>[37] cachem_1.1.0
>
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