Github: Unable to create pull request

[vbfischer]

Seeing the following error when attempting to create a pull request from within GitLens (VSCode).

Unable to create a pull request for branch <branch name> because it is not associated with a supported remote provider.

I suspect its because our organization is in the process of migrating between github organizations. Because of this, I have two SSH keys with config setup like this:

Host github-personal
  HostName github.com
  User git
  IdentityFile ~/.ssh/github_personal.pub
  IdentitiesOnly yes

Host github-org
  HostName github.com
  User git
  IdentityFile ~/.ssh/github_org.pub
  IdentitiesOnly yes

and my remote is defined like this:
org-xxxxxxx@github-personal:ORG/repository.git

[ayushHardeniya]

What’s actually causing the problem

GitLens only recognizes a remote as GitHub if the hostname literally looks like github.com.
Your remote uses a custom SSH alias (github-personal), so GitLens can’t tell it’s GitHub and refuses to create the PR. Git itself is fine with it, but GitLens doesn’t read your SSH config, so it just thinks “this isn’t GitHub”.

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Option 1 (easiest): Rename your SSH hosts to include “github.com”

If your SSH alias still contains the string github.com, GitLens will pick it up.

Example:

Host github.com-org
    HostName github.com
    IdentityFile ~/.ssh/github_org

Then set your remote like:

[email protected]:ORG/repository.git

This works because GitLens scans for “github.com” in the hostname.
This is usually the cleanest fix.

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Option 2: Keep the normal GitHub URL and let SSH pick the key

Use a normal remote like:

[email protected]:ORG/repository.git

Then use Match rules or env vars in your SSH config to choose the right key.
This works perfectly with GitLens, just takes a bit more fiddling.

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Option 3: Tell VS Code to treat your alias as GitHub

If you really want to keep github-personal and github-org, you can:

1. Install the “GitHub Pull Requests and Issues” extension

2. Run “GitHub: Set GitHub URI”

3. Map github-personal → github.com

It’s easy, but sometimes a bit flaky.

[ayushHardeniya]

@vbfischer try this, and text here if problem persists... we'd try together