checking out fails on public repo but works on private...

[jeffmcaffer]

Using the workflow below fails if the cited repo (repository: foo/works-if-private) is public but works if it is private. I understand that a token is not "necessary" if the repo is public but in the general case we don't know if the repo is public or private and it may change over time.

name: "foo"
on: 
  pull_request:
    branches:
      - master

jobs:
  work:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
    - name: get repo
      uses: actions/checkout@v2
      with: 
        repository: foo/works-if-private
        ref: master
        token: ${{ secrets.PAT }}
        path: dest
        persist-credentials: false

Here is what appears to be the relevant part of the log (from Fetching the repository)

  /usr/bin/git -c protocol.version=2 fetch --no-tags --prune --progress --no-recurse-submodules --depth=1 origin +refs/heads/master*:refs/remotes/origin/master* +refs/tags/master*:refs/tags/master*
  The process '/usr/bin/git' failed with exit code 1
  Waiting 18 seconds before trying again
  /usr/bin/git -c protocol.version=2 fetch --no-tags --prune --progress --no-recurse-submodules --depth=1 origin +refs/heads/master*:refs/remotes/origin/master* +refs/tags/master*:refs/tags/master*
  The process '/usr/bin/git' failed with exit code 1
  Waiting 15 seconds before trying again
  /usr/bin/git -c protocol.version=2 fetch --no-tags --prune --progress --no-recurse-submodules --depth=1 origin +refs/heads/master*:refs/remotes/origin/master* +refs/tags/master*:refs/tags/master*

[ericsciple]

Can you try setting the following env vars so fetch will print more info:

GITHUB_TRACE=1
GIT_CURL_VERBOSE=1

For example:

jobs:
  foo:
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
        env:
          GIT_TRACE: 1
          GIT_CURL_VERBOSE: 1

[cory-miller]

Closing as stale