Authentication issue::Unable to clone a directory/package from a private repo

[Cbkhare]

I am trying to clone a directory/package from a private git repo which has been registered. While executing the clone command, I am getting the below authentication issue.

$   kpt alpha rpkg clone \
>   https://github.com/******/***********.git pkg-out \
>   --directory=/test-pkg-out \
>   --ref=main \
>   --repository=test-catalogue \
>   --namespace=test
Error: Internal error occurred: cannot clone Git repository: cannot fetch repository /: authentication required

Repo registration details

$ kpt alpha repo get  -A
NAME             TYPE   CONTENT   DEPLOYMENT   READY   ADDRESS
test-catalogue   git    Package   false        True    https://github.com/******/***********.git

Since it is a private repository, I have hidden some details above with *

Note:

• kpt alpha rpkg init/push/propose is working correctly with the above repository. Hence, I doubt if the credentials are an issue.

Expected behaviour.

• If I have passed the repository details to the clone command --repository=test-catalogue, then authentication should have been addressed by the secretRef in the Repository CR.

[mortent]

@Cbkhare Thanks for reporting this.

So Porch doesn't currently have support for doing git or oci-based clones from private repositories. We are open to contributions here, but it should probably start with a design proposal, as it is not obvious how it would work.

But if the repository you want to clone from is either a Porch repository, or has a structure that allows you to register it with Porch, you can do a clone where you reference the Kubernetes name of the PackageRevision rather than the git repository. This is the "package" option described in the documentation.