Adding repository to devcontainer.json does not give access

[mwisnicki]

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I wanted to push to another repository from existing workspace.

Following these instructions I've modified devcontainer.json as follows:

{
    "image": "mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/universal:2",
    "customizations": {
        "codespaces": {
            "repositories": {
                "mwisnicki/something-private": {
                    "permissions": "write-all"
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

And rebuilt the container.

However I didn't get a prompt for access as described here.

And pushing fails:

[info] Host key verification failed.
fatal: Could not read from remote repository.

Please make sure you have the correct access rights
and the repository exists.

[mwisnicki]

Please note that I've only changed devcontainer.json on disk without committing to original repo because I don't have push access to original repo.

[Olayiwolaaa]

restart with this

git clone https://PAT:$YOUR[email protected]/OWNER/REPO`

please mark as answer if it works. Also, read this

https://docs.github.com/en/codespaces/troubleshooting/troubleshooting-authentication-to-a-repository#authenticating-to-repositories-that-you-didnt-create-the-codespace-from

[mwisnicki]

Per: https://docs.github.com/en/codespaces/managing-your-codespaces/managing-repository-access-for-your-codespaces#authorizing-requested-permissions

When you authorize permissions for a repository, GitHub Codespaces will not re-prompt you unless the set of requested permissions has changed for the repository.

Am I misinterpreting it?

Anyway I solved it with ssh keys but looks like github could improve either documentation or better yet behavior.
I expected rebuild to pick up new permissions as per quote above.

[Olayiwolaaa]

Oh you're correct. Others call it scope.
Permission, Scope, i guess their same thing.
It definitely won't prompt that page again unless you update the permission,

which is logical (you left out the part where you already got that page prompted)
⚠️ can i get my response marked as the answer though, i need the brain badge thing.