Github credentials required for workflow "Application as the manifest repository"

[NelsonGoncalves]

Hello,

I am trying to implement the workflow "Application as the manifest repository" as described here:

https://developer.nordicsemi.com/nRF_Connect_SDK/doc/latest/nrf/dm_adding_code.html#workflow-4-application-as-the-manifest-repository

I copied the example west.yml file and added the URL to my repos. In my case there are no forks of the NCS repos.

Then I initialized west with: west init -l project

It was successful, then I proceeded to update with: west update

However this is step failed because it is asking me for my Github password:

=== updating nrf (nrf):
--- nrf: initializing
warning: templates not found in ../git_templates
Initialized empty Git repository in C:/workspace/repos/DNG_nRF9160/nrf/.git/
--- nrf: fetching, need revision v1.5.0
Username for 'https://github.com':

Do I need a Github account for checking out the NCS repositories ? I though they were publicly available.

[Albrecht Markus Schellenberger]

Thanks for your feedback, Nelson! Good to hear that it works now.

Could it be that you had some custom remotes in your previous west.yml as they might require a login to GitHub?

Cheers!

Markus