Cannot push: Bad Credentials

[Person-93]

Describe the bug
I cannot push using gitui.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Make a commit
2. Press p to push

Expected behavior
Successfully push commits to remote.

Screenshots

Context (please complete the following information):

• OS/Distro + Version: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm) x86_64
• GitUI Version: gitui nightly 2025-01-15 ()
• Rust version: not sure, I installed via cargo binstall

Additional context

I use github desktop as git credential helper.

From my .gitconfig

[credential "https://github.com"]
	helper = 
	helper = !/usr/bin/gh auth git-credential
[credential "https://gist.github.com"]
	helper = 
	helper = !/usr/bin/gh auth git-credential

Gitui logs

23:50:20 [TRACE] (6) mio::poll: [/home/runner/.cargo/registry/src/index.crates.io-6f17d22bba15001f/mio-1.0.3/src/poll.rs:571] registering event source with poller: token=Token(0), interests=READABLE
23:50:20 [TRACE] (1) gitui::app: [/home/runner/.cargo/registry/src/index.crates.io-6f17d22bba15001f/gitui-0.27.0/src/app.rs:160] open repo at: RefCell { value: Path(".") }
23:50:20 [TRACE] (6) mio::poll: [/home/runner/.cargo/registry/src/index.crates.io-6f17d22bba15001f/mio-1.0.3/src/poll.rs:571] registering event source with poller: token=Token(1), interests=READABLE
23:50:20 [TRACE] (1) asyncgit::tags: [/home/runner/.cargo/registry/src/index.crates.io-6f17d22bba15001f/asyncgit-0.27.0/src/tags.rs:67] request
23:50:20 [TRACE] (1) gitui: [/home/runner/.cargo/registry/src/index.crates.io-6f17d22bba15001f/gitui-0.27.0/src/main.rs:215] app start: 12 ms
23:50:20 [TRACE] (1) gitui::app: [/home/runner/.cargo/registry/src/index.crates.io-6f17d22bba15001f/gitui-0.27.0/src/app.rs:385] update
23:50:20 [TRACE] (1) asyncgit::tags: [/home/runner/.cargo/registry/src/index.crates.io-6f17d22bba15001f/asyncgit-0.27.0/src/tags.rs:67] request
23:50:20 [TRACE] (1) gitui::app: [/home/runner/.cargo/registry/src/index.crates.io-6f17d22bba15001f/gitui-0.27.0/src/app.rs:405] update_async: Git(Tags)
23:50:20 [TRACE] (1) asyncgit::tags: [/home/runner/.cargo/registry/src/index.crates.io-6f17d22bba15001f/asyncgit-0.27.0/src/tags.rs:67] request
23:50:20 [TRACE] (1) gitui::app: [/home/runner/.cargo/registry/src/index.crates.io-6f17d22bba15001f/gitui-0.27.0/src/app.rs:405] update_async: Git(Branches)
23:50:20 [TRACE] (1) asyncgit::tags: [/home/runner/.cargo/registry/src/index.crates.io-6f17d22bba15001f/asyncgit-0.27.0/src/tags.rs:67] request
23:50:20 [TRACE] (1) asyncgit::tags: [/home/runner/.cargo/registry/src/index.crates.io-6f17d22bba15001f/asyncgit-0.27.0/src/tags.rs:67] request
23:50:20 [TRACE] (1) gitui::app: [/home/runner/.cargo/registry/src/index.crates.io-6f17d22bba15001f/gitui-0.27.0/src/app.rs:405] update_async: Git(Branches)
23:50:20 [TRACE] (1) gitui::app: [/home/runner/.cargo/registry/src/index.crates.io-6f17d22bba15001f/gitui-0.27.0/src/app.rs:405] update_async: Git(Tags)
23:50:20 [TRACE] (1) asyncgit::tags: [/home/runner/.cargo/registry/src/index.crates.io-6f17d22bba15001f/asyncgit-0.27.0/src/tags.rs:67] request
23:50:20 [TRACE] (1) gitui::app: [/home/runner/.cargo/registry/src/index.crates.io-6f17d22bba15001f/gitui-0.27.0/src/app.rs:405] update_async: Git(Log)
23:50:20 [TRACE] (4) asyncgit::revlog: [/home/runner/.cargo/registry/src/index.crates.io-6f17d22bba15001f/asyncgit-0.27.0/src/revlog.rs:308] revlog visited: 1316
23:50:20 [TRACE] (1) asyncgit::tags: [/home/runner/.cargo/registry/src/index.crates.io-6f17d22bba15001f/asyncgit-0.27.0/src/tags.rs:67] request
23:50:20 [TRACE] (1) gitui::app: [/home/runner/.cargo/registry/src/index.crates.io-6f17d22bba15001f/gitui-0.27.0/src/app.rs:405] update_async: Git(Log)
23:50:20 [TRACE] (1) asyncgit::tags: [/home/runner/.cargo/registry/src/index.crates.io-6f17d22bba15001f/asyncgit-0.27.0/src/tags.rs:67] request
23:50:22 [TRACE] (1) gitui::app: [/home/runner/.cargo/registry/src/index.crates.io-6f17d22bba15001f/gitui-0.27.0/src/app.rs:288] event: Input(Key(KeyEvent { code: Char('p'), modifiers: KeyModifiers(0x0), kind: Press, state: KeyEventState(0x0) }))
23:50:22 [TRACE] (1) asyncgit::push_tags: [/home/runner/.cargo/registry/src/index.crates.io-6f17d22bba15001f/asyncgit-0.27.0/src/push_tags.rs:73] request
23:50:22 [TRACE] (1) gitui::app: [/home/runner/.cargo/registry/src/index.crates.io-6f17d22bba15001f/gitui-0.27.0/src/app.rs:385] update
23:50:22 [TRACE] (1) asyncgit::tags: [/home/runner/.cargo/registry/src/index.crates.io-6f17d22bba15001f/asyncgit-0.27.0/src/tags.rs:67] request
23:50:22 [TRACE] (1) gitui::app: [/home/runner/.cargo/registry/src/index.crates.io-6f17d22bba15001f/gitui-0.27.0/src/app.rs:405] update_async: Git(PushTags)
23:50:22 [DEBUG] (7) asyncgit::sync::remotes::callbacks: creds: 'git@github.com:Obsidian-Star-Digital/TERRA-TACTICA.git' Some("git") (CredentialType(SSH_KEY | SSH_MEMORY | SSH_CUSTOM))
23:50:22 [DEBUG] (7) asyncgit::sync::remotes::callbacks: creds: 'git@github.com:Obsidian-Star-Digital/TERRA-TACTICA.git' Some("git") (CredentialType(SSH_KEY | SSH_MEMORY | SSH_CUSTOM))
23:50:22 [ERROR] remote progress receiver error: receiving on an empty and disconnected channel
23:50:22 [ERROR] push error: git error:Bad credentials.
23:50:22 [TRACE] (1) gitui::app: [/home/runner/.cargo/registry/src/index.crates.io-6f17d22bba15001f/gitui-0.27.0/src/app.rs:405] update_async: Git(PushTags)
23:50:22 [TRACE] (1) gitui::app: [/home/runner/.cargo/registry/src/index.crates.io-6f17d22bba15001f/gitui-0.27.0/src/app.rs:385] update
23:50:22 [TRACE] (1) asyncgit::tags: [/home/runner/.cargo/registry/src/index.crates.io-6f17d22bba15001f/asyncgit-0.27.0/src/tags.rs:67] request
23:50:24 [TRACE] (1) gitui::app: [/home/runner/.cargo/registry/src/index.crates.io-6f17d22bba15001f/gitui-0.27.0/src/app.rs:288] event: Input(Key(KeyEvent { code: Char('c'), modifiers: KeyModifiers(CONTROL), kind: Press, state: KeyEventState(0x0) }))

[naseschwarz]

Hi, thank you for your report.

Could it be that you're trying to push to an SSH remote? I don't believe the gh credential helper works with ssh. Could you please paste the output of git remote -v?

[Person-93]

Hi, thank you for your report.

Could it be that you're trying to push to an SSH remote? I don't believe the gh credential helper works with ssh. Could you please paste the output of git remote -v?

I am using an SSH remote, but git push works just fine.

[guija]

I have the same problem with version 0.26.3. I cannot push to a ssh remote. But git push works in the command line.
My relevant output of git remove -v:

* remote origin
  Fetch URL: git@gitlab.com:company/project.git
  Push  URL: git@gitlab.com:company/project.git
  HEAD branch: main

[divakaivan]

I have the same problem from inside LazyVim. The version of gitui is 0.27.0

origin  git@github.com:user/repo.git (fetch)
origin  git@github.com:user/repo.git (push)

[nethbotheju]

If you are using the SSH remote like git@github.com:user/repo.git and your private SSH key is encrypted with a passphrase, you need to start an SSH agent and add your key. This allows gitui to authenticate using your private SSH key when performing push operations.

---

Windows

1. Open PowerShell

2. Check if an SSH key exists:

   Get-ChildItem $env:USERPROFILE\.ssh

   Look for a private key file that starts with id_ and has no extension (e.g., id_ed25519, id_rsa).

3. Start the SSH agent and add your key:

   Start-Service ssh-agent
   ssh-add $env:USERPROFILE\.ssh\id_ed25519

   Replace id_ed25519 with your actual key filename if it's different.

4. Reopen gitui and try pushing again.

---

macOS and Linux

1. Open Terminal

2. Check for SSH keys:

   ls ~/.ssh

   Look for a private key file that starts with id_ and has no extension (e.g., id_ed25519, id_rsa).

3. Start the SSH agent and add your key:

   eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"
   ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_ed25519

   Replace id_ed25519 with your actual key filename if it's different.

4. Reopen gitui and try pushing again.

[Person-93]

@nethbotheju I followed the steps for mac/linux and I got the same error.

[nethbotheju]

@Person-93

First, I killed the currently running SSH agent, then attempted a push operation. It gave me the "git error: Bad Credential". After that, I started the SSH agent again and added the key, and the push operation worked successfully.

Important: This only works within the same terminal session where the SSH agent was started.

You can add a script to your .zshrc file that saves the SSH_AUTH_SOCK and SSH_AGENT_PID environment variables to a file. Each time a new terminal session starts, the script needs to checks if the SSH agent process with the saved SSH_AGENT_PID is still running. If it is, the script should restores the environment variables to reuse the existing agent. if not, it starts a new SSH agent and updates the saved enviourment variable file.

The Example Script:

# File path to store the environment variables
SSH_ENV="$HOME/.ssh/agent.env"

function start_agent {
    eval "$(ssh-agent -s)" > /dev/null
    ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 2>/dev/null
    echo "export SSH_AUTH_SOCK=$SSH_AUTH_SOCK" > "$SSH_ENV"
    echo "export SSH_AGENT_PID=$SSH_AGENT_PID" >> "$SSH_ENV"
    chmod 600 "$SSH_ENV"
}

# Load existing agent if possible else start agent
if [ -f "$SSH_ENV" ]; then
    source "$SSH_ENV" > /dev/null
    if ! kill -0 "$SSH_AGENT_PID" 2>/dev/null; then
        start_agent
    fi
else
    start_agent
fi

Replace id_ed25519 with your actual key filename if it's different.

This was done on macos, but I'm not entirely sure if it works the same way on linux.

There might be an easier solution than this, but this is what works for me!