Anonymous Public Clone Not Working

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I have a gitea instance set up and have ben using it for a while for private repositories without issue. I’m now trying to create a public repository that I want people to be able to clone from without a username / password. I have set the repo to allow anonymous reads in the Settings / Public Access panel. So now I’m trying:

git clone https://git.myserver.com/user/my-repo.git

But I’m being asked to enter a username and password. I’ve seen previous posts saying that setting REQUIRE_SIGNIN_VIEW = true in app.ini solved this issue but this is already set in my ini file and I’m still having the problem.

I can view the webpage for the repository without signing in, so it seems the setting is partly working. Any ideas how to solve this and allow anonymous clones?

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When you view the repository via the webpage, does it say “Private” and “Public Access” in after the repo name? I had to go into the repo’s settings → repository → danger zone → visibility → make public.

Unfortunately, it also made the issues, pull requests, actions etc visible too. I think this is probably unintended behavior; I agree that if you can see the code in the web view, you should be able to clone it.

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Ah it did say “Private” and “Public Access”, that must be it, thanks!

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