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Github confirms random 401 responses on unauthenticated git clones are no mistake (eviltoast.org)
submitted 5 days ago by to c/programming@programming.dev
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Since yesterday a lot of users in Europe found their workflows failing due to Github seemingly randomly throwing HTTP/401 on git clone/git pull when interacting with public repos without authentication.

It was now confirmed by staff member that this indeed is intentional and no further steps are planned at this point.

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[–] 27 points 5 days ago

Our aim is to make public repositories accessible without authentication as much as possible. However,...

It's new reddit then. I was still using Github as a shitty backup for my projects, but an alternative may be required faster than expected.

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