[QTBUG-97939] Boot2Qt is using github repositories with unsupported git protocol - Qt Bug Tracker

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Type: Bug
Status: Closed
Priority: P2: Important
Resolution: Done
Affects Version/s: 5.15.7, 6.2.1
Fix Version/s: 6.2.2
Component/s: Device Creation, Yocto: meta-qt6 layer
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Description

Github is removing access to its repositories when using unauthenticated git protocol. Boot2Qt setup script and manifests are using github repos with unauthenticated git protocol and thus fail to fetch the sources:

15:25:20 + ./meta-boot2qt/b2qt-init-build-env init --device apalis-imx6 --reference /mnt/mirror --internal
15:25:21 repo: error: "git" failed with exit status 128
15:25:21   cwd: /home/qt/work/.repo/repo
15:25:21   cmd: ['git', 'fetch', '--quiet', 'origin', '+refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*', '+refs/tags/*:refs/tags/*']
15:25:21   stderr:
15:25:21   >> fatal: remote error: 
15:25:21   >>   The unauthenticated git protocol on port 9418 is no longer supported.
15:25:21   >> Please see https://github.blog/2021-09-01-improving-git-protocol-security-github/ for more information.
15:25:21 fatal: cloning the git-repo repository failed, will remove '.repo/repo' 
15:25:21 Downloading Repo source from git://github.com/theqtcompany/git-repo