.gitconfig credential helper path does not work on Windows

[clemsbot]

By chrullrich (@chrullrich),

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Description

When creating a repository (on a self-hosted instance) and selecting to configure Git to access it, the resulting entry in ~/.gitconfig does not work.

Expected Behavior vs Actual Behavior

• Expected behavior: Git can access the repository.
• Actual behavior:

git push gitlab master [...]\glab_1.17.0_Windows_x86_64\bin\glab.exe auth git-credential get: [...]glab_1.17.0_Windows_x86_64binglab.exe: command not found Username for 'https://my.gitlab.instance':

Possible Fix

From .gitconfig:

[credential]
helper =

[credential "https://my.gitlab.instance"]
helper =
helper = ![...]\\glab_1.17.0_Windows_x86_64\\bin\\glab.exe auth git-credential

The problem was fixed after doubling the already doubled backslashes; i.e. this works:

[credential]
helper =

[credential "https://my.gitlab.instance"]
helper =
helper = ![...]\\\\glab_1.17.0_Windows_x86_64\\\\bin\\\\glab.exe auth git-credential

Steps to Reproduce

1. Download the .zip release of GLab and extract. Put on PATH.
2. glab auth login with a token provided by the self-hosted GitLab instance.
3. glab repo create myrepo. Choose to configure Git to authenticate with GitLab credentials.
4. git remote add gitlab https://my.gitlab.instance/me/myrepo
5. git push gitlab master

Your Environment

• Version used (Run glab --version): glab version 1.17.0 (2021-05-14)
• Operating System and version: Windows
• Git: 2.31.1.windows.1

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Last updated: 2021-06-27T16:54:07.989Z

https://gitlab.com/profclems/glab/-/issues/278

[chrullrich]

The bot that imported the bug lost one set of backslashes. The "possible fix" section should read:

From .gitconfig:

[credential]
helper =

[credential "https://my.gitlab.instance"]
helper =
helper = ![...]\\glab_1.17.0_Windows_x86_64\\bin\\glab.exe auth git-credential

The problem was fixed after doubling the already doubled backslashes; i.e. this works:

[credential]
helper =

[credential "https://my.gitlab.instance"]
helper =
helper = ![...]\\\\glab_1.17.0_Windows_x86_64\\\\bin\\\\glab.exe auth git-credential

[clemsbot]

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