Could not determine ref type of version: remote: Repository not found (private github repository during "setup_upstream_workspace" step)

[Minipada]

Hi,
I am basing my Github actions CI with a private container image which contains a .netrc file allowing me to git clone using https. I am using a github hosted runner.

So if i enter my container and execute

git clone https://github.com/ORG/REPO

It will work. But when running from the CI, I get this:

I also tried to enable netrc from outside the container without success.
I'm not sure where to continue from that.

Thanks

[mathias-luedtke]

How are you configuring UPSTREAM_WORKSPACE? It looks like you are not setting the version..

[Minipada]

I have a string defined: packages.repos. The version is set in the .repos

[mathias-luedtke]

It looks like you are not setting the version..

No, it just cannot connect.to the remote.

Have you setup a PAT?
See #574 (comment)

[mathias-luedtke]

which contains a .netrc

I guess that this contains you PAT..
Where did you put it?

[Minipada]

I just tried passing it like in the comment you mentioned and it does not make a difference. My current token is stored in ~/.netrc:

machine github.com login USER password ghp_...

full path is /root/.netrc.
Is industrial ci running as root? Could be the issue because would be the wrong location. If it's the docker image default user, then it should find it

[mathias-luedtke]

If it's the docker image default user, then it should find it

Yes, the default user.
But I am not sure, if I have ever tested it with a non-root user.

Does is work locally with vcs and that .netrc?

[mathias-luedtke]

Since you already have a custom docker image, you could try ISOLATION: shell as well.

 isolated:
    env:
      ISOLATION: shell
      ROS_DISTRO:  <YOUR ROSDISTRO>
    runs-on: <YOUR DOCKER IMAGE>
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v1
      - uses: 'ros-industrial/industrial_ci@master'

[Minipada]

Does is work locally with vcs and that .netrc?

Yes

[Minipada]

With ISOLATION: shell, i"m getting the same error. It fails on the private repo

[mathias-luedtke]

Hmm, tricky.

Please run a bash in your docker image and try vcs import manually.
If this works, clone industrial_ci and your repo, export ISOLATION=shell and run ci.sh directly from your repo folder.

[Minipada]

I can't run ISOLATION=shell on my pc, i'm on arch... so there is no apt etc...
Otherwise, without it, it runs properly

[Minipada]

A colleague tried on his Ubuntu 20. With ISOLATION=shell and CI=true and it worked.
I'm lost on this one

[Minipada]

Ok, we solved it. The error was on my side...
There was a step changing some permissions in the action that somehow only triggered issue when fetching private repos.

Sorry for the trouble and thanks for the support