Error in 'git2r_clone': unsupported URL protocol

[miyesa]

I am trying to clone a private repo in R using Rstudio with git2r and I am getting the following error:

>git2r::clone(url = repo, local_path = dir_name, progress = T, branch = branch, credentials = creds)

cloning into 'C:\Users\...'...
Error in git2r::clone(url = repo, local_path = dir_name, progress = T,  : 
  Error in 'git2r_clone': unsupported URL protocol

The credentials variable used in the function git2r::clone() is the following,

creds <- try(git2r::cred_ssh_key(git2r::ssh_path("id_rsa.pub"), git2r::ssh_path("id_rsa")), silent = T)

I need to clone the repo and install different packages from the repo. I am trying to do so by using SSH keys.

I was able to do this before, I changed from R-4.1.3 to R-4.3.1 and installed the same R packages with corresponding version with renv package, I also tried installing the latest versions of packages.

The only difference I can see now is when running git2r::libgit2_features() I get the following,

In R-4.3.1 I get the following:

git2r::libgit2_features()
$threads
[1] TRUE

$https
[1] TRUE

$ssh
[1] FALSE

In R-4.1.3 I get the following:

git2r::libgit2_features()
$threads
[1] FALSE

$https
[1] TRUE

$ssh
[1] TRUE

Is there a way to change ssh to True. I am using Windows 10, found some examples of how to do this in Linux but not in windows.

If I switch back to the old version of R (R-4.1.3) I can clone the private repo without any issues.

Session info after successfully cloning private repo (R-4.1.3) and when getting error (R-4.3.1):
R-4.1.3 and R-4.3.1 (with same packages version)

R-4.1.3

> sessioninfo::session_info()
- Session info -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 setting  value
 version  R version 4.1.3 (2022-03-10)
 os       Windows 10 x64 (build 19045)
 system   x86_64, mingw32
 ui       RStudio
 date     2023-06-23
 rstudio  2023.06.0+421 Mountain Hydrangea (desktop)
 pandoc   NA

- Packages ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 package     * version date (UTC) lib source
 cli           3.3.0   2022-04-25 [1] CRAN (R 4.1.3)
 git2r         0.30.1  2022-03-16 [1] CRAN (R 4.1.3)
 renv          0.16.0  2022-09-29 [1] CRAN (R 4.1.3)
 sessioninfo   1.2.2   2021-12-06 [1] CRAN (R 4.1.3)

 [1] C:/.../R/R-413/library

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

R-4.3.1

> sessioninfo::session_info()
─ Session info ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 setting  value
 version  R version 4.3.1 (2023-06-16)
 os       Windows 10 x64 (build 19045)
 system   x86_64, mingw32
 ui       RStudio
 date     2023-06-23
 rstudio  2023.06.0+421 Mountain Hydrangea (desktop)
 pandoc   NA

─ Packages ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 package     * version date (UTC) lib source
 cli           3.3.0   2022-04-25 [1] CRAN (R 4.3.0)
 git2r         0.30.1  2022-03-16 [1] CRAN (R 4.3.0)
 httr          1.4.2   2020-07-20 [1] CRAN (R 4.3.0)
 R6            2.5.1   2021-08-19 [1] CRAN (R 4.3.1)
 renv          0.17.3  2023-04-06 [1] CRAN (R 4.3.1)
 sessioninfo   1.2.2   2021-12-06 [1] CRAN (R 4.3.1)

 [1] C:/.../R/R-4.3.1/library

──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

Also Session Info with R-4.3.1 with latest version of packages:

R-4.3.1 (with latest packages)

> sessioninfo::session_info()
─ Session info ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 setting  value
 version  R version 4.3.1 (2023-06-16 ucrt)
 os       Windows 10 x64 (build 19045)
 system   x86_64, mingw32
 ui       RStudio
 date     2023-06-27
 rstudio  2023.06.0+421 Mountain Hydrangea (desktop)
 pandoc   NA

─ Packages ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 package     * version date (UTC) lib source
 cli           3.6.1   2023-03-23 [1] CRAN (R 4.3.1)
 git2r         0.32.0  2023-04-12 [1] CRAN (R 4.3.1)
 sessioninfo   1.2.2   2021-12-06 [1] CRAN (R 4.3.1)

 [1] C:/.../R-4.3.1/library

────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

[galenholt]

I get this same issue moving from R 4.2.2 to 4.3.1. With a clean project and fresh install of git2r, I can use ssh in 4.2.2 and not 4.3.1. For completeness, my results for git2r::libgit2_features() and sessionInfo() are below.

4.3.1

> git2r::libgit2_features()
$threads
[1] TRUE

$https
[1] TRUE

$ssh
[1] FALSE

> sessionInfo()
R version 4.3.1 (2023-06-16 ucrt)
Platform: x86_64-w64-mingw32/x64 (64-bit)
Running under: Windows 11 x64 (build 22621)

Matrix products: default


locale:
[1] LC_COLLATE=English_Australia.utf8  LC_CTYPE=English_Australia.utf8   
[3] LC_MONETARY=English_Australia.utf8 LC_NUMERIC=C                      
[5] LC_TIME=English_Australia.utf8    

time zone: Australia/Sydney
tzcode source: internal

attached base packages:
[1] stats     graphics  grDevices datasets  utils     methods   base     

loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
[1] compiler_4.3.1 tools_4.3.1    git2r_0.32.0   renv_1.0.0 

4.2.2

> git2r::libgit2_features()
$threads
[1] TRUE

$https
[1] TRUE

$ssh
[1] TRUE

> sessionInfo()
R version 4.2.2 (2022-10-31 ucrt)
Platform: x86_64-w64-mingw32/x64 (64-bit)
Running under: Windows 10 x64 (build 22621)

Matrix products: default

locale:
[1] LC_COLLATE=English_Australia.utf8  LC_CTYPE=English_Australia.utf8   
[3] LC_MONETARY=English_Australia.utf8 LC_NUMERIC=C                      
[5] LC_TIME=English_Australia.utf8    

attached base packages:
[1] stats     graphics  grDevices datasets  utils     methods   base     

loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
[1] compiler_4.2.2 tools_4.2.2    git2r_0.32.0   renv_1.0.0