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Asked: 2026-06-13T12:32:49+00:00

Working on local, pushing changes to Heroku works and the app works as expected.

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Working on local, pushing changes to Heroku works and the app works as expected. However I am having trouble linking heroku app to a private repo on Github.

Current configuration looks something like this

git@github.com:{Organization}/{project}.git

Where should I configure username/password for the private repo?

I tried (even though this is not the preferred way)

username:password@github.com/{organization}/{project}.git

would appreciate any pointers regarding this.

EDIT:
I failed to mention that I am setting it under app settings in Heroku.

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  1. Editorial Team
     git@github.com:{Organization}/{project}.git

    This is an ssh address, with the authentication managed by public/private key: make sure your public key is published among the collaborators’ keys for that Organization.
    No "username" or "password" here.

    username:password@github.com/{organization}/{project}.git

    That could be correct if you use that remote address as an HTTPS address.

    Note that Honza Javorek mentions in "How do I access a private github repo from heroku?" in Nov. 2020:

    Heroku only supports HTTP(S) Basic authentication with Git out of the box.
    That’s unfortunate as it means you’d need to add your credentials as part of the installation URL and commit that as plain text in your list of dependencies.

    He suggests to create a new GitHub SSH key and follow the heroku-buildpack-ssh-key process:

    heroku buildpacks:add https://github.com/heroku/heroku-buildpack-ssh-key.git -i 1
heroku config:set BUILDPACK_SSH_KEY=$(cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa_heroku)
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