Update Retropie Script failed, need credentials?

[magicfly]

As usual, I update my raspberry with the latest packages...this time 4.5.18 i can't update because it says i need to supply my login information to git, see the screen attached. Thanks!!

[marcoabm]

reading your error, i think that git starts to need user/password authentication to download this update. Do you have an account on github?

[InfinityBeing]

Even if you do make or have an account, what's the next step?

[mitu]

Updating should not ask for a Github account. Have you done any modifications to any of the files in the RetroPie-Setup folder ?

[magicfly]

@mitu Hi all! Yes I have GIT credentials..but i don't know how to tell them to Retropie to use them.
Btw, i didn't modify any files inside the retropie. Fortunately i made a backup before that release..maybe i'll try later.
Thanks everybody!

[BuZz]

Please cd to Retropie-Setup folder from terminal and do a git pull and post all output. And also output of git status

I know how to fix this, but I'd like to see the cause.

[InfinityBeing]

I ended up reformatting and starting from scratch. Now the only issue I have is trying to figure out why Cave Story has two entries (Cave Story.sh, and the folder CaveStory holding Doukutsu.exe), and how to hide the folder from ES. The game runs fine, but I don't want an entry that is completely unnecessary.

[mitu]

@InfinityBeing Post you EmulationStation system configuration file:

• check \\retropie\configs\all\emulationstation\es_systems.cfg, it might not exist
• /etc/emulationstation/es_systems.cfg

Get the file and post its contents on pastebin.com.

What image are you using to install ?

[InfinityBeing]

@mitu I'm not installing anything, I've already installed everything and it runs fine. Like I said, there are 3 entries in my Ports when there are actually only two ports i've installed: VVVVVV and Cave Story. The latter has two entries because one is reading the .sh file, and the other is scanning the folder which has the .exe inside of it. How do I hide the folder with the .exe from view in the ports menu on ES?

[mitu]

Again, which image are you using to install ? RetroPie's default image doesn't exhibit this problem.

[magicfly]

@BuZz Hi, sorry for the late answer...i've been a bit busy on these days... this is what i get, i hope it's usefull:

from the git pull
remote: Enumerating objects: 22, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (22/22), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (10/10), done.
remote: Total 22 (delta 14), reused 19 (delta 12), pack-reused 0
Unpacking objects: 100% (22/22), done.
From https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup
d737e15a..618cc844 master -> origin/master

*** Please tell me who you are.

Run

git config --global user.email "you@example.com"
git config --global user.name "Your Name"

to set your account's default identity.
Omit --global to set the identity only in this repository.

fatal: unable to auto-detect email address (got 'pi@retropie.(none)')

from the git status
On branch master
Your branch and 'origin/master' have diverged,
and have 1 and 7 different commits each, respectively.
(use "git pull" to merge the remote branch into yours)
Untracked files:
(use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)

    scriptmodules/supplementary/bluetooth/bluezutils.pyc

nothing added to commit but untracked files present (use "git add" to track)

Thanks!!

edit: this is what i get now

[mitu]

Run git reset --hard origin/master from the RetroPie-Setup folder and try again updating.

[BuZz]

What's the output of git log -n 1 - ? Once you've done that you can do

git checkout master; git reset --hard origin/master which should sort it.

[BuZz]

@mitu I'd like to get the log info first. I was wondering if this may be due to them checking out that commit before it was squashed and force pushed.

[magicfly]

@BuZz said in Update Retropie Script failed, need credentials?:

@mitu I'd like to get the log info first. I was wondering if this may be due to them checking out that commit before it was squashed and force pushed.

this is what i get from git log -n 1

Author: cmitu 31816814+cmitu@users.noreply.github.com
Date: Tue Mar 24 04:55:31 2020 +0000

setup: add back the question for the install/update dialog

and then:

git checkout master; git reset --hard origin/master
scriptmodules/admin/setup.sh: needs merge
error: you need to resolve your current index first
HEAD is now at 618cc844 lr-flycast - disable link time optimisation due to segfault with it enabled.

[BuZz]

@magicfly try git merge --abort first.

Thanks for the info btw. You don't need to run the git log again.

[InfinityBeing]

@mitu Like i said on the other post, literally 4.1.5, the one on the site. You are asking unrelated questions

[mitu]

@InfinityBeing I think your posts are unrelated to this topic. Please don't post here - you already have your own topic.
Sorry for the noise on the topic @BuZz, @magicfly.