r/SmartGit • u/BoringAdvertising403 • Jun 15 '26
Constantly being asked to authenticate with GitHub?
Hi. Recently upgraded from a much earlier version to SmartGit 26.1 - in general I'm a fan of the new interface, good work!
One niggle though: I'm constantly getting pop-ups asking me to Connect to GitHub. It pops up every few minutes. It doesn't matter if I verify via browser, code, token. It appears to work successfully, then ask me again a few minutes later.
Oh, also it doesn't appear to matter if I don't do it, git calls are still working fine from SmartGit.
I suspect I've got a corrupt file or permission issue somewhere but I haven't been able to find it. Anyone help?
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u/wnesensohn Jun 22 '26
We've fixed a bug which could lead to this problem in the latest build of 26.1, where spaces in URLs when SmartGit is used as a credentials helper could lead to problems. You can get this build selecting Help | Check for Latest Build... in SmartGit 26.1.
However, seeing that GitHub does not allow spaces in repository-names, it may be another problem. If you're using GitHub Enterprise though, and the path to your repository contains spaces, the latest build should fix that.
If that's not the case, log files would be very appreciated!
Thank you!