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Anonymous Cloning

In order to make development more friendly nearly all git submodules are configured to use git over ssh via the .gitmodules. The downside of this is that GitHub requires account keys to be configured in order to clone the repository.

If you attempt to clone without configuring your account keys you will receive the following error:

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git clone git@github.com:eclipse-adore/adore.git
Cloning into 'adore'...
The authenticity of host 'github.com (140.82.121.3)' can't be established.
ECDSA key fingerprint is SHA256:p2QAMXNIC1TJYWeIOttrVc98/R1BUFWu3/LiyKgUfQM.
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no/[fingerprint])? yes
Warning: Permanently added 'github.com,140.82.121.3' (ECDSA) to the list of known hosts.
git@github.com: Permission denied (publickey).
fatal: Could not read from remote repository.

Please make sure you have the correct access rights
and the repository exists.

Anonymous Cloning Over HTTPS GLOBAL

You can configure git to exclusively use HTTPS. This can be done with the following commands:

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git config --global url."https://github.com/".insteadOf git@github.com:
git config --global url."https://".insteadOf git://

Next, you can clone the repository as normal except use HTTPS:

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git clone --recurse-submodules -j$(nproc) https://github.com/eclipse-adore/adore.git

To undo these global configuration changes you can run:

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git config --global --unset url."git@github.com:".insteadof
git config --global --unset url."git://".insteadof

Anonymous Cloning Without Global Configuration

If you prefer not to modify your global git settings, you can configure HTTPS rewrites only for this repository after cloning:

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git clone https://github.com/eclipse-adore/adore.git
cd adore
git config url."https://github.com/".insteadOf git@github.com:
git config url."https://".insteadOf git://
git submodule update --init --recursive

This will update the repository’s local .git/config file, allowing submodules to be fetched over HTTPS without requiring SSH keys or affecting other projects.

You can verify the settings with:

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git config --local --list | grep insteadOf

To remove the local configuration later, run:

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git config --unset url."git@github.com:".insteadof
git config --unset url."git://".insteadof

Tips

Building ADORe will fail until all submodules have been properly initialized. If cloning or repository initialization fails refer to the troubleshooting guide before proceeding.

⚠️ WARNING: Do not proceed with building ADORe until git submodule update --init --receive finishes without error.