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Errors when using RStudio's Git tools

When attempting to push to GitHub from RStudio, I get the following errors. 

error: unable to read askpass response from 'rpostback-askpass'
fatal: could not read Username for 'https://github.com':
       No such device or address

RStudio has my origin as

https://github.com/rmscriven/other.git

when it actually should be

https://github.com/rmscriven/saber.git

RStudio will not allow me to change the origin from the version control system. Here is what it shows:

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Is it possible to change my GitHub origin url from RStudio?

Solution

  • Thanks to the pro tip provided by @krlmlr in the comments,

    Use an empty target directory. Look for "clone URL" on your GitHub project page, perhaps choose the SSH variant.

    I clicked "clone url" on GitHub once, nothing. Then again, nothing. And once again for good measure, nothing. So I went to the terminal, read the man git help file, and decided to change my password and reconfigure. These are the lines I ran, and it was successful.

    git config --global user.name <myuser.name>
git config --global user.email <myuser.email>   
git clone https://github.com/rmscriven/saber.git
git pull

    Then I went to RStudio and it allowed me to clone my repository, and change the URL of my version control setting. Here's a colorful pic

    New project -> Version Control -> Git -> Create Project

    enter image description here

    Next, magic happened, and I had a copy of my package which I very carefully removed to prepare to push the development tarball to GitHub. Rock on.

    @krlmlr, I thank you for nudging me in the right direction. Now I feel like I'm actually doing it the right way. :)

    And for fun, try saying 'rpostback-askpass' ten times fast.