update github https url

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 
+# 0.2.16 (2026-10-22)
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Passes the token as the password in authenticated GitHub urls (`https://x-access-token:{token}@github.com/...`), recent libcurl no longer re-sends credentials after a redirect for urls with a username and no password
+
 # 0.2.15 (2025-01-27)
 
 ### Updated

setup.py

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     requirements = [c.strip() for c in f.readlines()]
 
 setup(name="wagon_common",
-      version="0.2.15",
+      version="0.2.16",
       description="Le Wagon common packages",
       url="https://github.com/lewagon/python-utilities/",
       author="Sébastien Saunier",

tests/gh/test_gh_repo.py

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ def test_gh_repo_naming(self):
         assert repo.name == "lewagon-test/data-solutions"
 
         assert repo.ssh_url == f"git@github.com:{repo.owner}/{repo.repo}.git"
-        assert repo.https_url == f"https://None@github.com/{repo.owner}/{repo.repo}.git"
+        assert repo.https_url == f"https://x-access-token:None@github.com/{repo.owner}/{repo.repo}.git"
 
         assert lw_repo.owner == "lewagon"
         assert lw_repo.repo == "myriad"

tests/helpers/gh/test_url.py

@@ -80,6 +80,6 @@ def test_repo_creation_auth(self):
         # Act
 
         # Assert
-        assert authed_data_so.url == "https://token@github.com/lewagon/data-solutions"
+        assert authed_data_so.url == "https://x-access-token:token@github.com/lewagon/data-solutions"
 
         # Cleanup

wagon_common/gh/gh_repo.py

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ def __init__(self, name, token=None, is_org=True, verbose=False, **kwargs):
 
         self.name, self.owner, self.repo = self.__identify(name)
         self.ssh_url = f"git@github.com:{self.owner}/{self.repo}.git"
-        self.https_url = f"https://{token}@github.com/{self.owner}/{self.repo}.git"
+        self.https_url = f"https://x-access-token:{token}@github.com/{self.owner}/{self.repo}.git"
         self.is_org = is_org
         self.kwargs = kwargs
 

wagon_common/helpers/gh/url.py

@@ -68,13 +68,15 @@ def github_url(fullname, token=None):
     build gh repo url
     formats:
     - https://github.com/{org}/{repo}
-    - https://{token}@github.com/{org}/{repo}
+    - https://x-access-token:{token}@github.com/{org}/{repo}
     # - https://git@github.com/{org}/{repo}
     # - https://{username}@github.com/{org}/{repo}
     # - https://{username}:{token}@github.com/{org}/{repo}
     """
 
-    auth = f"{token}@" if token is not None else ""
+    # the token is passed as the password: recent libcurl does not re-send
+    # credentials after a redirect for urls with a username and no password
+    auth = f"x-access-token:{token}@" if token is not None else ""
 
     repo_url = f"https://{auth}github.com/{fullname}"