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Cannot clone my organizations repository on GitHub Desktop for Linux Mint

Open Lxlxndrxg opened this issue 7 months ago • 2 comments

The problem

Im the Owner of the organization but i cannot clone those repositorys onto my Laptop with GitHub Desktop for Linux Mint

I just cannot klick at them because they aren´t there.

Release version

Version 3.1.1-linux1 (x764)

Operating system

Linux Mint Cinnamon

Steps to reproduce the behavior

Just try to clone a repository of your own Organization

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Lxlxndrxg avatar Jul 09 '25 21:07 Lxlxndrxg

I had the same issue and found a workaround:

  • Go to GitHub Personal Access Tokens and create a "Fine-grained personal access token." Select your organization and grant permission to access the content.
  • You will receive a token in the format "github_pat_...". Copy this token immediately, as you won’t be able to see it again.
  • Clone the repository using your terminal.
  • Open the ./.git/config file in your cloned repository.
  • Update the relevant line to match the following pattern:
[remote "origin"]
	url = https://[email protected]/your-repo
  • In your GitHub-Desktop go to File > Add Local Repository.

Now it should work.

regisfso avatar Sep 11 '25 18:09 regisfso

i'm experiencing the same issue but with an organization's repositories that i don't own but am a member of. on web i can access all files fine, but in the app the repos don't show up. i contacted the organization's owner to give me admin permissions to check if it was a perms issue and that didn't change it either. cloning from the url doesn't work as well, it acts like i can't access it. i'm on linux mint as well using the flatpak version of the port.

mikatastrophe avatar Jan 09 '26 12:01 mikatastrophe