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Print details of authentication workaround to terminal

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Mitigates https://github.com/cli/cli/issues/297

This adds some more information to the output when authentication fails
due to `gh` being unable to open a browser. It communicates the details
of the workaround without the user having to search issues on the `gh`
repo to see how to get around it.
This commit is contained in:
Micheal Looney 2020-02-26 14:36:05 +00:00
parent 39bdeee13b
commit a0cb79af41
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auth/oauth.go
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@ -56,7 +56,13 @@ func (oa *OAuthFlow) ObtainAccessToken() (accessToken string, err error) {
oa.logf("open %s\n", startURL)
if err := openInBrowser(startURL); err != nil {
fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "error opening web browser: %s\n", err)
fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "")
fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Please open the following URL manually:\n%s\n", startURL)
fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "")
// TODO: Temporary workaround for https://github.com/cli/cli/issues/297
fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "If you are on a server or other headless system, use this workaround instead:")
fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, " 1. Complete authentication on a GUI system")
fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, " 2. Copy the contents of ~/.config/gh/config.yml to this system")
}
http.Serve(listener, http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {