Can't add Github Account to Sourcetree

[Gabriel Asman]

I have a Github account (2FA enabled) that I would like to add to Sourcetree (on MacOs). I have tried every conceivable combination of OAuth/BasicAuth, SSH/HTTPs and Personal Access Token that I can think of - to no success.

(The particular way it fails is different for each configuration of the above - sometimes it continually ask for details when attempting fetch the list of repositories, other times it just gets stuck while loading the cloning of a project)

Noteworthy, this was working just fine until a few days ago, and based on other glitches I've been dealing with, I highly suspect the this was caused by a recent OS update (updated to High Sierra)

Has anyone encountered similar issues - and is anyone aware of a remedy? Or, am I overlooking something important?

[Manju · Accepted solution]

Hi,

It would be helpful to diagnose this if you can provide specific error messages. 

However, I would recommend you to remove any old keychain items for GitHub and remove the account from Sourcetree too and add it again. 

This time, please use OAuth/https combination. Make sure to verify the new keychain items are written and also an encrypted file with the file name format <username>@STAuth-github.com is written at location ~/Library/Application Support/SourceTree/

If something is missing, please try again after restarting the mac. This helps fixing permissions with keychain. 

Feel free to revert back with any error you encounter. 

Thanks!

[Gabriel Asman]

Thank you very much - this worked for now, removing the account & the keychain items & restarting the Macbook. (Think I'd previously tried this without the restart)

Cheers!

[Ryan Sherman]

I tried the same thing by removing the account and the keychain items and restarting the Macbook. I added the new account using OAuth/https and it created the keychain but I don't see any folder for SourceTree in the Application Support folder.

[Timothy Wyant]

I have the same problem.  I have Sourcetree for years, with both local and remote repos.  I followed the instructions above (Mac OS Mojave 10.14.2, Sourcetree 3.1.1)

I deleted the file <username>@STAuth-github.com is written at location ~/Library/Application Support/SourceTree/ before rebooting, but creating the new account in sourcetree did not create this file.  It did create new keychain entries.

Trying to create a remote repository failed because of an "owners failure", then put me in sourcetree window I could not get out of without a force quit.

Restarting source tree puts me back where I was -- when I try to push to an existing remote repository, I get a repository not found error message, with a repository path that I believe should work.

I have not problem signing in to github on the internet, then everything looks fine.  But I can't do any pushing or pulling from the corresponding local repos.

[Manju]

Can you try adding your Github account using ssh?

[gpfister]

Hi,

I have the same issue I think. I’m using SourceTree 3.2.1 on a Mac (latest version) and my github has 2FA. Each time I try to connect to my GitHub account, only a read-only access is proposed.

I have tried to remove GitHub with every tool, and also manually including preferences. I rebooted multiple times, cleaned the Keychain, but no matter what it only proposes read-only.

I have no such problem with other tools (Docker, GitKraken, ...).

Any idea ?