gitcreds::gitcreds_set produces error

[Edward-Gillian]

When I try to use gitcreds::gitcreds_set(), I get this error message:

Using github PAT from envvar GITHUB_PAT. Use gitcreds::gitcreds_set() and unset GITHUB_PAT in .Renviron (or elsewhere) if you want to use the more secure git credential store instead.
Error: Failed to install 'unknown package' from GitHub:
HTTP error 401.
Bad credentials

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• Use usethis::create_github_token() to create a Personal Access Token.
• Use gitcreds::gitcreds_set() to add the token.
  gitcreds::gitcreds_set()

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Error in new_git_error("git_error", args = args, stdout = out, status = attr(out, :
System git failed: error: unknown option `get-urlmatch'
usage: git config [options]

Config file location
--global use global config file
--system use system config file
--local use repository config file
-f, --file use given config file
--blob read config from given blob object

Action
--get get value: name [value-regex]
--get-all get all values: key [value-regex]
--get-regexp get values for regexp: name-regex [value-regex]
--replace-all replace all matching variables: name value [value_regex]
--add add a new variable: name value
--unset remove a variable: name [value-regex]
--unset-all remove all matches: name [value-regex]
--rename-section rename section: old-name new-name
--remove-section remove a section: name
-l, --list list all
-e, --edit

sessionInfo()
R version 4.1.3 (2022-03-10)
Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (64-bit)
Running under: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7.9 (Maipo)

Matrix products: default
BLAS/LAPACK: /cm/easybuild/software/OpenBLAS/0.3.12-GCC-10.2.0/lib/libopenblas_skylakexp-r0.3.12.so

locale:
[1] LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 LC_NUMERIC=C LC_TIME=en_US.UTF-8 LC_COLLATE=en_US.UTF-8 LC_MONETARY=en_US.UTF-8
[6] LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8 LC_PAPER=en_US.UTF-8 LC_NAME=C LC_ADDRESS=C LC_TELEPHONE=C
[11] LC_MEASUREMENT=en_US.UTF-8 LC_IDENTIFICATION=C

attached base packages:
[1] stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods base

other attached packages:
[1] gitcreds_0.1.1 plotly_4.10.4 ggplot2_3.5.0 dplyr_1.1.4
[6] magrittr_2.0.3 rlang_1.1.3 forcats_1.0.0 readr_2.1.5 purrr_1.0.2
[11] stringr_1.5.1 tibble_3.2.1 tidyselect_1.2.1 openxlsx_4.2.5.2 tidyr_1.3.1
[16] DT_0.32 fs_1.6.4 shinyBS_0.61.1 shinycssloaders_1.0.0 bslib_0.6.1
[21] shiny_1.7.1 testthat_3.2.1

loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
[1] xopen_1.0.0 usethis_2.1.3 lubridate_1.9.2 fontawesome_0.5.2 devtools_2.4.2 httr_1.4.7
[7] rprojroot_2.0.2 tools_4.1.3 backports_1.4.1 utf8_1.2.3 R6_2.5.1 lazyeval_0.2.2
[13] colorspace_2.0-2 withr_3.0.0 prettyunits_1.1.1 processx_3.8.2 curl_5.2.1 compiler_4.1.3
[19] httr2_1.0.0 cli_3.6.2 desc_1.4.3 labeling_0.4.2 sass_0.4.9 scales_1.3.0
[25] checkmate_2.3.1 callr_3.7.5 rappdirs_0.3.3 digest_0.6.35 pkgconfig_2.0.3 htmltools_0.5.8.1
[31] sessioninfo_1.2.0 fastmap_1.2.0 htmlwidgets_1.6.4 rstudioapi_0.16.0 jquerylib_0.1.4 generics_0.1.3
[37] jsonlite_1.8.8 crosstalk_1.1.1 zip_2.3.0 Rcpp_1.0.11 munsell_0.5.0 fansi_1.0.6
[43] lifecycle_1.0.3 stringi_1.8.1 yaml_2.3.8 brio_1.1.5 pkgbuild_1.2.0 grid_4.1.3
[49] promises_1.2.0.1 crayon_1.4.2 hms_1.1.1 test.package.0001_0.1.0 ps_1.7.5 pillar_1.9.0
[55] pkgload_1.3.2.1 glue_1.7.0 data.table_1.14.2 remotes_2.4.1 vctrs_0.6.5 tzdb_0.4.0
[61] httpuv_1.6.3 gtable_0.3.4 rcmdcheck_1.4.0 cachem_1.1.0 mime_0.12 xtable_1.8-4
[67] later_1.3.0 rsconnect_1.2.1 viridisLite_0.4.2 memoise_2.0.1 timechange_0.2.0 ellipsis_0.3.2

[gaborcsardi]

What's your git version?

[gaborcsardi]

Also, since this is Linux, there is probably no good credential helper available, so I suggest you set GITHUB_PAT in your .Renviron file.

[Edward-Gillian]

What's your git version?

git --version
git version 1.8.3.1

[Edward-Gillian]

Also, since this is Linux, there is probably no good credential helper available, so I suggest you set GITHUB_PAT in your .Renviron file.

I have tried this but it doesn't work.

[gaborcsardi]

Using github PAT from envvar GITHUB_PAT.

This means that it does work, but your PAT is invalid or expired. Try calling

gh::gh_whoami()
gh::gh_rate_limits()

to see your rate limits.