gitconfig beeing ignored since 0.143.1

[carnei-ro]

Hey, I have this:

helmfiles:
  - path: git::https://github.com/carnei-ro/packages.git@my-awesome-package/helmfile.yaml?ref=v0.1.0

https://github.com/carnei-ro/packages.git is a private repository, so, I have in my .gitconfig

[url "https://[email protected]"]
  insteadOf = https://github.com

When using the version 0.143.0 everything works, but when I try to use 0.143.1 and beyond it asks me for GitHub credentials :hankey: .

[mumoshu]

@carnei-ro Hey! I'm still unsure if this is an issue in Helmfile.

Here's the full diff between v0.143.0 and v0.143.1

https://github.com/roboll/helmfile/compare/v0.143.0...v0.143.1

You'll see no changes related to how we handle those git::https resources. More concretely, we use https://github.com/hashicorp/go-getter for handling those sources but there's no change in that dependency. Just curious, but are the environments you run helmfile v0.143.0 and v0.143.1 are same?

[chattytak]

@carnei-ro I suspect that there is a problem with work directory movement in 0.143.1 and later versions. I am also suffering from a different event (#2118) than this case.

I do not use private repositories, so the following information is for reference only.

When go-getter works with 0.143.0, the Home directory is " . ". That means "/helmfile.d". But in later versions, the Home directory is shown as "/root/.cache/helmfile". I am working as root user, so it is "/root/", which means "~".

• v0.143.0 helmfile --debug apply

processing file "helmfile.yaml" in directory "helmfile.d"                                          
changing working directory to "/helmfile.d"

... snip ...

getter: git
scheme: https
user:
host: github.com
dir: /argoproj/argo-helm.git
file: charts/argo-cd/crds
home: .
getter dest: .helmfile/cache/argo-cd-crds/https_github_com_argoproj_argo-helm_git
cached dir: .helmfile/cache/argo-cd-crds/https_github_com_argoproj_argo-helm_git

• 0.143.1 and later helmfile --debug apply

...snip...

getter: git
scheme: https
user:
host: github.com
dir: /argoproj/argo-helm.git
file: charts/argo-cd/crds
home: /root/.cache/helmfile
getter dest: argo-cd-crds/https_github_com_argoproj_argo-helm_git
cached dir: /root/.cache/helmfile/argo-cd-crds/https_github_com_argoproj_argo-helm_git

Is the .gitconfig in the same directory where the helmfile.yaml is located? If so, would moving .gitconfig to "~/.cache/helmfile/" work correctly? If that solves the problem, it is probably a bug related to the directory move.

[itscaro]

In my case, I'm using remote charts, but not remote helmfiles,

helmfile.yaml

releases:
- chart: git::https://gitlab.com/xxx

locally I have

git config --global -l | grep gitlab.com | grep url.https
url.https://gitlab-ci-token:[email protected]/xxx.insteadof=https://gitlab.com/xxx

on CI, I use

.git_configure: &git_configure
  - git config --global credential.helper store
  - echo "https://gitlab-ci-token:${CI_JOB_TOKEN}@gitlab.com" > ~/.git-credentials

I tried to make a helmfile which source my current helmfile, everything seems fine

helmfile --debug template

helmfiles:
- path: git::https://gitlab.com/xxx/devops/k8s.git@app/helmfile.yaml?ref=main

getter: git
scheme: https
user:
host: gitlab.com
dir: /xxx/devops/k8s.git
file: app/helmfile.yaml
home: C:\Users\minhq\AppData\Local\helmfile
getter dest: https_gitlab_com_xxx_devops_k8s_git.ref=main
cached dir: C:\Users\minhq\AppData\Local\helmfile\https_gitlab_com_xxx_devops_k8s_git.ref=main
downloading git::https://gitlab.com/xxx/devops/k8s.git?ref=main to https_gitlab_com_xxx_devops_k8s_git.ref=main

helmfile cache info
Cache directory: C:\Users\minhq\AppData\Local\helmfile
- https_gitlab_com_xxx_devops_k8s_git.ref=main

[itscaro]

@carnei-ro, @chattytak could you share the output of this command without any sensitive data please?

git config --global -l | grep -e credential -e url.https