Cloning Personal and Enterprise Repositories Using GitHub Desktop

GitHub Desktop enables you to effortlessly clone and manage repositories using a user-friendly graphical interface. GitHub offers various types of repositories, such as personal, Enterprise Cloud and Enterprise Server (Self-Hosted). All of them can either be configured as public or private.

Cloning a GitHub Enterprise Cloud repository differs from cloning a personal repository. GitHub personal repositories necessitate you to provide the clone URL or simply authenticate with your personal GitHub account credentials.

GitHub Enterprise Cloud repositories, however, require SSO (Single Sign-On) claim to be added to GitHub Desktop before you can access those repositories. GitHub Desktop runs a loopback token collection server when you #.

If you attempt to # without SSO claim, it will be absent from the GitHub Desktop app and you will not be able to clone GitHub Enterprise Cloud repositories.

At this point, you have to:

Sign out of GitHub Desktop
Go to github.com
Use the "Single Sign-on" link at the top to # to your Enterprise Cloud
Now go back again to GitHub Desktop -> Options
Use the # button; The browser will be opened and this time when you # to GitHub Desktop, the SSO claim to your existing account that grants you access to Enterprise Cloud repositories will be appended as well.