fix: use Basic auth for git clone/push/fetch#261
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GitHub's git server rejects Authorization: Bearer for HTTPS git operations; Basic auth with x-access-token as the username is the supported scheme for GitHub App installation tokens. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6
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Summary
Authorization: Bearerfor git operations (clone,fetch,push)remote: invalid credentials;token→ falls back to credential prompt; Basic → successGet-GitAuthHeaderhelper that encodesx-access-token:<token>as HTTP Basic, used in all four git call sites (clone, fetch, push tag, delete tag)Format-GitArgsForDisplayto redactAuthorization: Basicin addition to Bearer/tokenRoot cause
PR #259 switched to
Bearerwhich works for REST API calls but not for the git Smart HTTP protocol. The correct scheme for GitHub App installation tokens in git is Basic auth with usernamex-access-token.Test plan
terraform-test-applicationafter SHA bump🤖 Generated with Claude Code