Create repo automation failure : Fix the create_repo.py #61
Description
Issue Description:
create_repo.py (python script) is not automated as mentioned in the readme.
Normally to connect a local repository to GitHub one has to go to the GitHub website, create a new respository and then add the new GitHub repo as a remote for your local repository. The create_repo script automates this process.
create_repo.py does ask for a prompt when linking the local repository with the remote repository. In this case, it defeats the purpose of automation.
Steps to Reproduce:
There might be various ways to reproduce the bug. I'm enlisting one of them.
Scenario (A):
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Step 1:
- Remove the stored credentials from the Windows credential manager if present.
- Run the create_repo script with valid git configuration, valid arguments and with valid token in the github_secrets.py
Note: Due to the VScode extension it invokes GUI prompts else as shown below.
Thus, it is not automated as mentioned in the README.
The create_repo script automates this process.
Expected Behavior:
On create_repo execution, it should create a remote repository, create a local repository and link the local repository with the newly created remote repository without asking for a prompt. In linking the local repo with the remote repo it should use the credentials from github_secrets.py but not from the Windows credentials manager.
Current Behavior:
Current scripts work in the following scenarios.
- The user has to explicitly provide the credentials in the prompt or,
- It fetches the valid credentials from the Windows credentials manager.
Environment:
- Device: Windows Laptop
- Operating System: Windows 11
- Software Version: git version 2.40.1.windows.1
Additional Information:
It is working fine for me, why?
In case it is working as expected then the following actions might be happening.
- Users are using the same token which is cached (stored in the Win credentials manager). Thus by default, it uses the cached credentials instead of
github_secreats.py 's token for linking the repos.
It need not be the scenario in the real use case.
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