Change version control credentials?

Question

User2449 posted

Hi all,

I was wondering, how do you change your version control credentials with xamarin studio? I only just noticed it supported git, so I was trying to push some changes to bitbucket, but I got my password wrong. Now whenever I try to carry out any operations it fails authentication, but I see no way to change my remote login details anywhere? DOes anyone have any suggestions please?

Thank you

Answer 1

User1148 posted

If you open up the MacOS keychain you should be able to find the item there corresponding to the git url you're using. If I remember correctly the item will be a 'web password' and the name of it should be the same as the url you use for cloning. Once that entry is deleted you will be prompted again by Xamarin Studio to enter your credentials.

The code is supposed to fall back to prompting should the stored password fail. I need to investigate why that's not happening for you.

Answer 2

User2449 posted

Thanks, i'll go try that now, FYI here's the exception that happens when I try after putting in the wrong password

NGit.Errors.TransportException: https://[removed]@bitbucket.org/[removed]/[repo].git: not authorized
  at NGit.Transport.TransportHttp.Connect (System.String service) [0x001e7] in /Users/builder/data/lanes/monodevelop_private-lion-bigsplash/4d204dd3/source/monodevelop/main/external/ngit/NGit/NGit.Transport/TransportHttp.cs:572 

Answer 3

User2449 posted

I removed the entry from keychain, it prompted me, now I get

System.Exception: Could not find internet password: An invalid record was encountered.
  at MonoDevelop.MacInterop.Keychain.FindInternetPassword (System.Uri uri) [0x0008e] in /Users/builder/data/lanes/monodevelop_private-lion-bigsplash/4d204dd3/source/monodevelop/main/src/addins/MacPlatform/MacInterop/Keychain.cs:386 
  at MonoDevelop.MacDev.MacKeychainPasswordProvider.GetWebPassword (System.Uri uri) [0x00000] in /Users/builder/data/lanes/monodevelop_private-lion-bigsplash/4d204dd3/source/md-addins/MonoDevelop.MacDev/MonoDevelop.MacDev/MacKeychainPasswordProvider.cs:42 
  at MonoDevelop.Core.PasswordService.GetWebPassword (System.Uri url) [0x00016] in /Users/builder/data/lanes/monodevelop_private-lion-bigsplash/4d204dd3/source/monodevelop/main/src/core/MonoDevelop.Core/MonoDevelop.Core/PasswordService.cs:48 
  at MonoDevelop.VersionControl.Git.GitCredentials.TryGetUsernamePassword (NGit.Transport.URIish uri, NGit.Transport.CredentialItem[] items, NGit.Transport.Password& passwordItem) [0x00076] in /Users/builder/data/lanes/monodevelop_private-lion-bigsplash/4d204dd3/source/monodevelop/main/src/addins/VersionControl/MonoDevelop.VersionControl.Git/MonoDevelop.VersionControl.Git/GitCredentials.cs:122 
  at MonoDevelop.VersionControl.Git.GitCredentials.Get (NGit.Transport.URIish uri, NGit.Transport.CredentialItem[] items) [0x0001f] in /Users/builder/data/lanes/monodevelop_private-lion-bigsplash/4d204dd3/source/monodevelop/main/src/addins/VersionControl/MonoDevelop.VersionControl.Git/MonoDevelop.VersionControl.Git/GitCredentials.cs:60 
  at NGit.Transport.HttpAuthMethod.Authorize (NGit.Transport.URIish uri, NGit.Transport.CredentialsProvider credentialsProvider) [0x00012] in /Users/builder/data/lanes/monodevelop_private-lion-bigsplash/4d204dd3/source/monodevelop/main/external/ngit/NGit/NGit.Transport/HttpAuthMethod.cs:121 
  at NGit.Transport.TransportHttp.Connect (System.String service) [0x001c4] in /Users/builder/data/lanes/monodevelop_private-lion-bigsplash/4d204dd3/source/monodevelop/main/external/ngit/NGit/NGit.Transport/TransportHttp.cs:570 
  at NGit.Transport.TransportHttp.OpenPush () [0x00006] in /Users/builder/data/lanes/monodevelop_private-lion-bigsplash/4d204dd3/source/monodevelop/main/external/ngit/NGit/NGit.Transport/TransportHttp.cs:454 
  at NGit.Transport.PushProcess.Execute (NGit.ProgressMonitor monitor) [0x00012] in /Users/builder/data/lanes/monodevelop_private-lion-bigsplash/4d204dd3/source/monodevelop/main/external/ngit/NGit/NGit.Transport/PushProcess.cs:137 
  at NGit.Transport.Transport.Push (NGit.ProgressMonitor monitor, ICollection`1 toPush) [0x00072] in /Users/builder/data/lanes/monodevelop_private-lion-bigsplash/4d204dd3/source/monodevelop/main/external/ngit/NGit/NGit.Transport/Transport.cs:1359 
  at MonoDevelop.VersionControl.Git.GitRepository.Push (IProgressMonitor monitor, System.String remote, System.String remoteBranch) [0x0005d] in /Users/builder/data/lanes/monodevelop_private-lion-bigsplash/4d204dd3/source/monodevelop/main/src/addins/VersionControl/MonoDevelop.VersionControl.Git/MonoDevelop.VersionControl.Git/GitRepository.cs:1025 
  at MonoDevelop.VersionControl.Git.GitService+<Push>c__AnonStorey11.<>m__1D (System.Object ) [0x00000] in /Users/builder/data/lanes/monodevelop_private-lion-bigsplash/4d204dd3/source/monodevelop/main/src/addins/VersionControl/MonoDevelop.VersionControl.Git/MonoDevelop.VersionControl.Git/GitService.cs:70 

Answer 4

User28 posted

Could you please file a bug?

Answer 5

User7432 posted

Hi, I am experiencing the same problem - is there any update on this bug?

thanks

Answer 6

User7229 posted

Same problem here. Any info?

I found the bug report here. https://bugzilla.xamarin.com/show_bug.cgi?id=11398

Answer 7

User7229 posted

Ok, so I think I can add to the information about this issue.

First, I opened up the keychain entry for my git repository. I added my "Account" as my login ID, I verified the password was correct, and then I added the full URL to the git repository into the "Where" field. When I went back into Xamarin Studio and performed an update, I was prompted for my username and password again. Entering them successfully performed the update on my project.

However, I then noticed a second entry in Keychain access for my repository. This one again had nothing in the "Account" or "Where" fields. I tried another update of my project... same not authorized failure as before.

Deleting the second entry in Keychain Access allowed me to successfully update, but again, my username and password were required and a secondary entry was re-created.

Bob