[R] devtools - bad credentials R4.4.1

[Robert Baer]

Not being a developer, I have limited uderstanding of PATs and global 
git options, but here is what I was able to cobble together to start 
looking at my situation:

 > Sys.getenv("GITHUB_PAT")
[1] ""
 > Sys.unsetenv("GITHUB_PAT")
 > Sys.getenv("GITHUB_PAT")
[1] ""
 > devtools::install_github("DillonHammill/CytoExploreRData")
Using GitHub PAT from the git credential store.
Error: Failed to install 'CytoExploreRData' from GitHub:
   HTTP error 401.
   Bad credentials

   Rate limit remaining: 59/60
   Rate limit reset at: 2024-06-21 00:17:47 UTC


 > usethis::git_sitrep()

── Git global (user)
• Name: 'Rob Baer'
• Email: 'rwbaer using gmail.com'
• Global (user-level) gitignore file: 'C:/Users/rbaer/.gitignore'
• Vaccinated: TRUE
ℹ Defaulting to 'https' Git protocol
• Default Git protocol: 'https'
• Default initial branch name: 'master'

── GitHub user
• Default GitHub host: 'https://github.com'
• Personal access token for 'https://github.com': '<discovered>'
✖ Can't get user information for this token.
   The token may no longer be valid or perhaps it lacks the 'user' scope.
Error in `gh()`:
! GitHub API error (401): Bad credentials
ℹ Read more at <https://docs.github.com/rest>

ℹ No active usethis project

I'm not sure where I go from here. Any hints on what other diagnostics 
are useful?



On 6/20/2024 5:41 PM, Jeff Newmiller wrote:
> 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
>>
>> 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:**
>>
>> SESSIONINFO
>>
>>> 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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