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Troubleshooting

Document Creation: 23 March, 2024. Last Edited: 6 May, 2024. Authors: Leesa Ward.

Can't push branch​

I get a "fatal: empty ident name not allowed" error in my terminal, or a 403 error in my GUI.​

Please contact your project leader to ensure you have been added as a collaborator with write access to the repository. Alternatively, fork the repo and work on your fork instead.

I get the error remote: Support for password authentication was removed on August 13, 2021.​

Cache your credentials using the instructions in this article: Caching your GitHub credentials in Git.

Tip: If you are using Linux or WSL, using the CLI is a super easy way to do this:

  1. sudo apt install gh
  2. gh auth login
  3. Follow the prompts to authenticate with your GitHub account
  4. Profit.