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Reputation: 1726

SourceTree gives me a login Error when I try to add my gitlab account

I would like to add my gitlab account to sourcetree. Inside Preferences -> Accounts, I tried the 'add' button

host: GitLab.com
Auth type: greyed out
username xxxxxx
password: xxxxxx
protocol: https

when I go to save. I get a pop up screen that says: "We couldn't connect to GitLab with your (XXXXXX) credentials. Check your username and try the password again."

I've double checked both username and password.

Upvotes: 35

Views: 36415

Answers (4)

Borja
Borja

Reputation: 1

I had the same problem on windows 11, with sourcetree 3.4.19 and Gitlab CE.

Using the PAT does not work for me.

Finally, download certificate from my gitlab url and install it in Trusted Root Certification Authorities.

The login was successful

Upvotes: 0

Madalina
Madalina

Reputation: 101

PROBLEM SOLVED

The solution was (on Mac):

  • revoke the old Access Token from GitLab (which had only the next Scopes: read_repository, write_repository)
  • generate new Access Token having the next Scopes: api, read_user, read_repository, write_repository (it was strange that for other colleague it worked only with read_repository, write_repository)
  • on SourceTree: go to SourceTree -> Preferences ->Accounts -> Add -> fill-in the details as in the following image (and for Password use the Access Token):

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After this, I was able to Clone Repository ("Clone from URL").

Also, this link inspired me: https://www.awordfromnet.com/access-gitlab-via-sourcetree-updated/

Upvotes: 4

David Planella
David Planella

Reputation: 2353

Someone on the GitLab forum had a similar issue recently, and they documented the steps to solve it:

I eventually noticed that for github and bitbucket the credentials are through "Oauth", and for GitLab "Personal access token". I had generated yesterday a toke, but hadn't used anywhere.

Steps to add a repo from GitLab on SourceTree:

  1. On your browser, go to your account and > User settings > Personal Access Tokens (https://gitlab.com/profile/personal_access_tokens)
  2. Generate and copy the token

  3. On Sourcetree,

    a) leave https as preferred protocol

    b) click on Refresh Personal Access Token

    c) type your username

    d) use the copied token as password

Refer below image enter image description here

Upvotes: 98

Amrit Sidhu
Amrit Sidhu

Reputation: 1950

I am adding some advantage to @David's answer. Follow whatever steps he has mentioned but remember to select all scopes while creating a personal token.

Upvotes: 3

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