Cannot login due to GITHUB_TOKEN error message

[mystiquewolf]

Hello, i am trying to run gh net which gives the following error: To get started with GitHub CLI, please run: gh auth login -s codespace.
Trying to run gh auth login -s codespace gives The value of the GITHUB_TOKEN environment variable is being used for authentication. To have GitHub CLI store credentials instead, first clear the value from the environment..

However i checked the output of the env command and there is no GITHUB_TOKEN named variable. I even tried to unset it with set GITHUB_TOKEN= (set it to nothing) but the same error appears again and again.

[williammartin]

Is there any chance you've aliased gh? What is the output of alias gh?

[mystiquewolf]

alias gh doesn't give anything. I'm trying to run this inside the VS Code integrated terminal in a Github Codespace. I've just allowed 0.0.0.0 to circumvent the issue but i am open to solving this issue the proper way. It's not for production it's just a personal project for development.

[williammartin]

Hmm, well github codespace adds a GITHUB_TOKEN env var, so I would expect it to be in your env.

I'm not sure why it wouldn't show up in env, it does for me:

➜ gh cs ssh -c hubbyboi-pjxqvgwvwrh667v
Welcome to Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS (GNU/Linux 6.5.0-1019-azure x86_64)

 * Documentation:  https://help.ubuntu.com
 * Management:     https://landscape.canonical.com
 * Support:        https://ubuntu.com/pro
Last login: Fri May 17 11:16:10 2024 from ::1

@williammartin ➜ /workspaces/github $ env | grep GITHUB_TOKEN
GITHUB_TOKEN=ghu_**************************************

Sorry to be a bit first line tech supporty but are you absolutely sure env | grep GITHUB_TOKEN doesn't return anything? I cannot imagine any other way this error would appear.

Could you also include the output of gh auth status?