Pull Failed: No such device or address

[Bejasc]

Hi there,

I'm getting this error in my console when launching Obsidian, and when toggling the plugin on and off.

Uncaught (in promise) Error: bash: /dev/tty: No such device or address
error: failed to execute prompt script (exit code 1)
fatal: could not read Username for 'https://github.com': No such file or directory

    at GitExecutorChain.onFatalException (eval at <anonymous> (app.js:1), <anonymous>:2536:85)
    at GitExecutorChain.eval (eval at <anonymous> (app.js:1), <anonymous>:2527:28)
    at Generator.throw (<anonymous>)
    at rejected (eval at <anonymous> (app.js:1), <anonymous>:2482:65)

I am unable to access the configuration options for the plugin with this issue occurring. No actual pull occurs. No other functionality works (automatic push)

[Vinzent03]

Did you set your email and username for git? See https://docs.github.com/en/github/setting-up-and-managing-your-github-user-account/setting-your-commit-email-address#setting-your-commit-email-address-in-git and https://docs.github.com/en/github/using-git/setting-your-username-in-git#setting-your-git-username-for-every-repository-on-your-computer

[bnonn]

I seem to be getting the same problem.

• On startup, I get the following error:
• In the console this is confirmed:

Although this may be related to https://github.com/kemayo/sublime-text-git/issues/176, my suspicion is that it's a Flatpak issue. I have Obsidian installed on Pop_OS via the Pop Store, which uses Flatpak. As I understand it, Flatpak runs in some kind of sandbox, and perhaps this is preventing it from having access to the normal Git credentials? If I simply run git pull on a terminal in my vault directory, it works fine. I was using Bryan Jenks' git setup (bash script + cron job) before trying this plugin, but I'd like to be able to integrate git with Obsidian more directly, as it means less technical setup to have to remember.

[Vinzent03]

I am using it with Flatpak on KDE neon and it works fine. Flathub changed some configs, why I suggest running the following:

$ flatpak update md.obsidian.Obsidian
$ flatpak override --reset md.obsidian.Obsidian
$ flatpak run md.obsidian.Obsidian

https://github.com/flathub/md.obsidian.Obsidian/issues/5#issuecomment-736974662

And if you run git push in the console, do you have to enter username, password or similar?

[bnonn]

Ah, perfect, thank you. Running Obsidian through flatpak presented me a login prompt for Github, and after entering my credentials there it is working correctly.

I think it would be a good idea to have some kind of message somewhere prominent with these instructions for other folks in my situation? Would save you some bug reports :)

[Vinzent03]

I already added some instructions, but maybe it's a good idea to add this solution for users, who already installed Obsidian with Flatpak a while ago.

[jesuslencina]

flatpak run md.obsidian.Obsidian

Hey there. Thank you for this solution. I did have the latest flatpak version, but running with flatpak run md.obsidian.Obsidian allowed me to pull the repo by typing my credentials in the terminal.

However, looks like I have to do so for every pull/push, which is really unpractical, specially considering I've set it to backup every 30 minutes. Is there any fix to this? I'm not looking at the terminal while I write my notes.

By the way, I'm on the latest stable elementaryOS, with Obsidian installed from flatpak (as mentioned above)

[Vinzent03]

I guess you are using https to authenticate. The only way would be to cache the credentials from the terminal. Or you use ssh and add it to the ssh-agent

[ghost]

i fixed it with this thread: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/35942754/how-to-save-username-and-password-in-git

it works perfectly fine now

[Vinzent03]

Closing because of no response of @Bejasc .

[Komi7]

if you are arch user than download pacman version (not AUR version)