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I would like to add my gitlab account to sourcetree. Inside Preferences -> Accounts, I tried the 'add' button
host: GitLab.com Auth type: greyed out username xxxxxx password: xxxxxx protocol: https when I go to save. I get a pop up screen that says: "We couldn't connect to GitLab with your (XXXXXX) credentials. Check your username and try the password again."
I've double checked both username and password.
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From source tree, Tools/Option. Click Authentication tab, add account, choose gitlab and enter username as name of personal access token, password is Personal Access Token.
Ensure you are using an app password and that it is also correct (ensure there is no copy and paste error when copying the app password over to Sourcetree for Windows). Ensure Preferred Protocol is set to HTTPS. Hit Refresh Password. Make sure the page shows Authentication OK with the green checkmark, then hit OK.
To connect SourceTree with GitLab.com, you can either use SSH or create a personal access token. Personal access tokens let you authenticate with GitLab over HTTPS with 2FA. To create a personal access token: Load https://gitlab.com/-/profile/preferences to access your user profile settings page.
Someone on the GitLab forum had a similar issue recently, and they documented the steps to solve it:
I eventually noticed that for github and bitbucket the credentials are through "Oauth", and for GitLab "Personal access token". I had generated yesterday a toke, but hadn't used anywhere.
Steps to add a repo from GitLab on SourceTree:
- On your browser, go to your account and > User settings > Personal Access Tokens (https://gitlab.com/profile/personal_access_tokens)
- Generate and copy the token
On Sourcetree,
a) leave https as preferred protocol
b) click on Refresh Personal Access Token
c) type your username
d) use the copied token as password
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